The book of 1st Timothy was written to Timothy while He was serving at the church in Ephesus. Here is some background on the church of Ephesus.We don't know who first brought the Gospel to Ephesus first. There were Jews from Asia present at Pentecost. During Paul's second missionary journey he made a weekend visit to the synagogue in Ephesus and left his helpers, Aquila and Priscilla. It appears that there was a group of Christians in Ephesus before Paul began his ministry there. The church however, seems to have received its definite organisational beginnings with the ministry of Paul. (Acts 19:9)
During Paul's third missionary journey as was his practice, he began his ministry in the Jewish Synagogue. When fierce opposition arose, Paul separated the disciples, organised the believers as a separate and distinct group, and began a two-year ministry centred in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. (Acts 19:8-10) The Gospel ministry began to have dramatic effects on the worship of Artemis and the magical arts and when severe opposition broke out Paul was forced in leaving the city after three years of ministry. Paul left the Church under the leadership of her own elders. (Acts 20:17) He returned briefly after his release from the first Roman imprisonment. (1 Timothy 1:3)
http://www.abu.nb.ca/ecm/eph00b.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment