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We have finished up the gospels and history books of the New Testament.
We will now begin our study of the 21 (or 22) epistles.
“Epistle” means letter.
13 or the 21 epistles were written by Paul (sort of)
A review of the five categories of literature found in the New Testament.
1. Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
2. History
Acts
3. Pauline Epistles
Prison Epistles
Pastoral Epistles
(Paul’s General Epistles)
You can also divide them as:
Written to churches (Romans -2 Thessalonians)
Written to people (1 Tim to Philemon)
4. General Epistles
The epistles Paul didn’t write.
5. Prophecy
Revelation
We could argue that this is an epistle as well.
The chronological order of Paul’s writing.
First missionary journey.
No books written.
Second missionary journey.
1 Thessalonians | 52 A.D. | in Corinth
2 Thessalonians | 53 A.D. | in Corinth
Third missionary journey.
1 Corinthians | Spring, 57 A.D. | in Ephesus
2 Corinthians | Fall, 57 A.D. | in Macedonia
Galatians | Winter, 57 A.D. | in Greece
Romans | Spring 58, A.D. | in Corinth
First Roman imprisonment.
Philemon | 62 A.D. | in Rome
Colossians | 62 A.D. | in Rome
Ephesians | 62 A.D. | in Rome
Philippians | 62 A.D. | in Rome
Between imprisonments.
1 Timothy | 67 A.D. | in Macedonia
Titus | 67 A.D. | in Ephesus
Second Roman imprisonment.
2 Timothy | 68 A.D. | in Rome
Author: Paul
Unlike some of the other authors, we know quite a bit.
Maybe even more than any other author.
A Jew
A Pharisee
Also the son of a Pharisee
A zealous man
Taught by Gamaliel
Known to be one of the greatest Rabbi’s or teachers at the time.
Paul was one of the brightest minds of the time.
Remember the 3 phases of Jewish education.
A tent maker
A missionary
An apostle
Not just an apostle, but an apostle to the Gentiles
He met Jesus personally.
God chose him to be an Apostle.
Carried two names
We often link the name change from Saul to Paul to his conversion.
That is not true.
Even after his time of seclusion and teaching, God told Ananias to find Saul.
Act 9 he was growing in Christ and still called Saul.
Saul was his Hebrew name.
Paul was his Roman name
He used Paul to reach gentiles.
A Roman citizen
Paul was born a citizen
The Emperor Pompey make Cilicia a Roman province in 64 B.C.
Its capital was Tarsus
Understood that God made him the man he was for the purpose God had for him.
Did not immediately jump into significant ministry.
Instead, took three years to learn.
This is not a solid argument for Bible College
He had catching up to do and to learn new things not yet revealed.
Audience: Church in Rome
Rome was a thriving metropolis.
It was a full of sin.
Living with an alternate life-style was rampant.
Many of their emperors practiced the same sinful life-style.
The depravity of man was clearly seen and it is reflected in Paul’s writing.
Not much is known about the beginning of the church in Rome.
When we are introduced to it, it seems to just be there.
It probably started at pentecost.
If so, it would be about 30 years old at the time of Paul’s letter.
However, the church would have experienced a huge disruption when Claudius through all the Jews out of Rome in 49 A.D.
The non-Christian Jews were being violent against the Christian Jews and they all got thrown out.
By the time Paul wrote they had been allowed back in.
If Paul was writing around 58 A.D. they hadn’t been back long.
However, it was well known and probably large.
Their faith was known around the world.
Unlike the other epistle, Paul had not visited them at the time of writing.
Though Paul had not visited them, he knew them well.
In Romans 16 he mentions 26 people by name.
A note on Paul’s recipients.
Paul wrote to churches.
The church in Rome.
The church in Corinth.
The church in Philippi.
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