Assertion: epistle | /r/HasProperty | authentic
Facets:
value: for negates ephesus
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: This almost has to be the case if the epistle is authentic, for (1) Eph 1:15 negates Ephesus as the exclusive recipient (since Paul spent three years in Ephesus and this statement could not therefore be made of them), and (2) Eph 6:21-22 ties the sending of this letter to the sending of Colossians (cf.