Ephesians Scripture References
Psalms 68:18
18 When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious — that you, Yahweh, our God, might dwell there.
Acts 13:46-48
46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew even more bold and said, “We felt we needed to speak the word of God first to you [our fellow Jews], but seeing how you reject it [the Good News of what Jesus bought for you] and render yourselves undeserving of eternal life, we now turn our attention to the [non-Jewish] peoples. 47 For the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have appointed you to be a light to the [non-Jewish] peoples, so that all the world may be saved’ [Isaiah 49:6].” 48 And when the non-Jews heard this, they were glad, and honored the word of the Lord, and believed [the Good News], all the ones who were ready to receive eternal life.
Acts 18:19
19 When he [Paul] arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there, but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 19:21
21 After these things, Paul was thinking about traveling through Greece [Athens and Corinth] and Macedonia [Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea] on the way back to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there [Jerusalem], I need also to see Rome.”
Acts 19:27-35
24 For there was a man named Demetrius, who made silver models of the temple of Artemis, which brought the craftsmen no small profit. 25 Demetrius called together those who shared his profession, and said, “Men, you know that the only way we have to make money is through our craft work. 26 And I know you have seen and heard that, not only in Ephesus but through most of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that what we make with our hands are not gods. 27 Not only is our business in danger of evaporating, but there is danger that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be despised – the goddess worshipped in Asia and in all the world!” 28 As the crowd heard these words, they were enraged, crying out, “Great is Artemis of Ephesus!” 29 And the city was filled with an uproar, and they rushed as a mob into the theater, having captured Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were traveling with Paul. 30 And Paul would have entered in among the people if his disciples had allowed him. 31 Some of the provincial authorities of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him messages asking him not to venture into the theater. 32 The whole meeting was in an uproar. Some people were shouting one thing, others were shouting another. Most of them did not even know why they had come together. 33 And they drew Alexander out of the crowd, since the Jews had thrust him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand to begin a defense to the people. 34 But when the people saw that he was a Jew, they cried out with one voice over a period of two hours, “Great is Artemis of Ephesus!”
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Don't you realize that those who are living a life of sin are not sons of God who will receive the inheritance of God's kingdom? Those who sin sexually, idol worshippers, adulterers, those who submit to or commit homosexual acts, 10 those who steal from others or seek to gain more than their share, addicts, those who spread lies about others, cheaters - none of these shall receive God's kingdom. 11 There isn't a single one of these sins that some of you didn't used to commit. But since those days, you have been washed clean, made holy, made righteous, just as if you had never sinned, in the name and authority of the Lord Jesus and through the action of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:19-21
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 1:1
1 From Paul, sent as a witness for the Anointed One, Jesus, by the plan and purpose of God, to the believers in Ephesus and to the faithful followers of the Anointed One, Jesus.
Ephesians 1:4
4 Just as he chose us in Him [Jesus] before the foundation of the world so that we would be pure and spotless before him.
Ephesians 6:21
21 So that you may know the details of how things are going with me and all the things I am doing, I have sent to you Tychicus, my beloved brother and fellow servant in the Lord.
1 Timothy 1:3
3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer
1 Peter 4:19
19 In his spirit, he went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison.
Revelation 2:1-7
1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'"