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Was the Laodicea Letter Really Ephesians? (TMF:2924)

Thursday, July 23, 2026
Peace to Live By: Was the Laodicea Letter Really Ephesians? (TMF:2924) - Daniel Litton
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       Regardless, Paul mentions a letter from Laodicea, and that the Colossians should also read that letter. Obviously, this is a letter that’s not in the Bible, not in the New Testament canon. So, even if we had it, it wouldn’t be inspired from the Spirit of God, but certainly would be interesting. Surprisingly, some theologians seem to think that this letter might actually already be in our Bibles. That is, some think that this letter from Laodicea that Paul is referring to is Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, and that it was a circulating letter that just happened to be currently in Laodicea. One reason for this belief is that supposedly the earliest manuscripts don’t include the city of Ephesus in the beginning of the letter. Of course, care needs to be taken in accepting that, because it has also been purposed that some of the earlier manuscripts that we have were actually Gnostic manuscripts, and may be corrupted to some degree. And it is then argued that this is why the King James Version would be a more accurate translation.