Imagine: #Ephesus (pronounced "hashtag Ephesus." Now, don't let the hashtag term worry you; it is just the symbol attached to a word that makes the Twitter conversation easy to find and follow.) So:
#Ephesus Dear 1s, grace 2 U & peace from God R Father & the Lord Jesus Christ. [Original: "Dear ones, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."] At 17 words in 79 characters (including #Ephesus), this needed very little editing. Saint Paul was a man ahead of his time!
A second tweet at 15 words and with 78 characters might expand this and provide the core message:
#Ephesus God chose us, loves us, adopted us thru Jesus Christ; we R God's own. [The latter is from the original: "we are God's own."]
And finally, with 16 words, and a little long at 84 characters, we have this summary promise:
#Ephesus God's great gift: Christ redeems, forgives, is all n all. & now we know it.
