The Example of Abraham: He was Justified by Faith, Not by Works (3:6-9), C. Justification Is by Faith, Not by the Law (3:104:11), D. The Galatians Received Their Blessings by Faith, Not by Law (4:12-20), E. Law and Grace Are Mutually Exclusive (4:21-31), III. Because of the riot caused by silversmiths (Acts 19:23-41) Paul departed from Ephesus for Macedonia (Acts 20:1) in the spring of A.D. 56. [3] Morna D. Hooker, A Preface to Paul (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), 89, 1618. In 1 Cor 15:9 (a letter written c. 54 CE), Paul states, I am the least of the apostles. Then, in Eph 3:8 (written c. 59-61 CE) the author says that he is less than the least of the saints. This makes an advance over the apostles similar statement in The power of the cross provides deliverance from the curse of the law, from the power of sin, and from self (1:4; 2:20; 3:13; 4:5; 5:16, 24; 6:14). Misunderstanding of the Spirits ministry (2:6-16), D. The Design and Example of Paul (4:6-21), III. Undoubtedly, chapter 2 is key because of its emphasis on relationships in the church (2:1-10) and how a proper understanding and focus on both Christs first and second coming (the blessed hope) should impact the life of the church. For those who were themselves able to read and perhaps write, scribes were still often used to take down literal dictationalthough the skill involved often made this prohibitively expensiveor to take notes from which they wrote a first draft, which the author then reviewed, altered, and approved. However, by considering the original context of the letters and Pauls original reasons for writing them, the types of writing that these letters represent, and how he actually composed and formatted them, the modern student of the Pauline epistles can better interpret the letters and understand both their original and current applications, thereby avoiding wresting them improperly. As a result, in this letter Paul provides a masterful survey of many of the issues he treated in earlier letters to other congregations, producing in the process what is perhaps his most systematic treatment of the issue of justification by faith (see Romans 1:168:39).[12]. The supremacy of love over gifts (13:1-13), 4. A second purpose was to present a complete and detailed statement of the gospel message God had called him to proclaim. Are they themselves properly to be described as Jewish? . A number of basic Christian doctrines are discussed: natural revelation (Rom 1:19-20), universality of sin (Rom 3:9-20), justification (Rom 3:24), propitiation (Rom 3:25), faith (Rom 4:1), original sin (Rom 5:12), union with Christ (Rom 6:1), the election and rejection of Israel (Rom 9-11), spiritual gifts (Rom 12:3-8), and respect for government (Rom 13:1-7).41. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Some areas of ecclesiology are more difficult to determine than others. ( A.D. 50, 51) 1 and 2 Cor., Gal., Rom. To instruct Titus about what he should do to correct the matters that were lacking in order to properly establish the churches in Crete. Friday, May 12, 2023 at 4:00 a.m. (PDT) * Starting time is subject to change. 2:5) is nowhere mentioned in these chapters. Putting an end to this movement was what Paul now devoted himself to with the utmost zeal. Third, focus on With almost no exception, from the early church this epistle has been credited to Paul. In addition, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Clement of Alexandria, and the Muratorian Canon do as well. omit the words at Ephesus in 1:1. A secondary purpose is to teach the practicality of Christian love as we seek to express the life-changing effects of Christs life in ours as it transforms our relationships with others whether in the home or in the master/slave or employer/employee relationships. Greeting, Prayer, Body, Closing Describe the general greeting in each of Paul's letters. [2] This is partly because the letters of Paul, by and large, are not treatises of systematic theology, a fact that undercuts the efforts of some to establish extensive theological positions based largely upon the Apostles writings alone. 2 was second-century Gnosticism. Still later, they came to be regarded as inspired writings comparable to the sacred Scriptures of Judaism. Since it was written during Pauls first imprisonment in Rome, it was written around A.D. 61. It was on one of these missions that Saul was converted while on the road to Damascus. Concerning the Day of Christ: The Comfort of His Coming (4:13-18), 1. These individuals can be viewed as collaborators in the composition process and may have contributed substantively to much of the initial material that the scribe, under Pauls direction, later wove into the final draft. Amen (Romans 16:2527). Instead, it is to be dated during Pauls first imprisonment in Rome, where he spent at least two years under house arrest (see Ac 28:16-31).58. Thus the approximate dates for 1 Timothy and Titus are perhaps 63-66. This new religious movement was promulgated by a group of people who claimed to be followers of Jesus, a man who had been crucified but who, they now believed, had risen from the dead, ascended to heaven, and would return to earth in power and great glory. Paul wrote to multiple bodies of believers of its paramountcy in the health of the church. Related Topics: Introductions, Arguments, Outlines, Canon, J. Hampton Keathley III, Th.M. The former referred to north-central Asia Minor, north of the cities of Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe; the latter referred to the Roman province (organized in 25 B.C.) Positive: Aspirations for the Heavenly Life (3:1-4), III. 1:4]). As to Ones Self and the Church (5:19-21), D. The Believers Walk in Warfare (6:10-20), 2. 1:5f.). 2. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. For 12 Thessalonians, see Sidney B. Sperry, Pauls Life and Letters (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 9498; Anderson, Understanding Paul, 7290; Jo Ann H. Seely, Hope for the Children of Light as the Darkness Descends (1, 2 Thessalonians), in Studies in Scripture, Vol. (8:1-13), VI. Thus, we must seriously take the exhortation to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might (6:10). During the interim from the time of the apostles to the more complete transition to elders and deacons, these men were sent by Paul as his apostolic representatives to repel and deal with certain conditions and people who were threatening to hurt the work and ministries of these churches. Corinth was a large metropolis (approximately 700,000; about two-thirds of whom were slaves) located on a narrow isthmus between the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea that connected the Peloponnesus with Northern Greece. Then she was caught plagiarizing. No passage is clearer and more declarative regarding the nature, fact, and purpose of the incarnation of Christ as is found in this book, the great kenosis passage (2:5f.). An important task for Pauline scholars has been to determine Pauls relationship to the Greco-Roman world and to Judaism. Letters often went through several drafts before the author reviewed it and then either applied his seal or signed it with a postscript at the end. The key words or concepts are judgment, retribution, and destruction all revolving around the return of the Lord in the day of the Lord. Acts 17:28; Titus 1:12). Thus 2 Timothy, dated approximately A.D. 67, represents the last Pauline Epistle.66. Following this, Paul went to Nicopolis in Achaia (southern Greece, Titus 3:12). The Comfort of a Faithful Servant (4:6-18), Since the Pastoral Letters have been treated previously on the matter of authorship, see 1 Timothy. Further, due to the large portion of these epistles that deal with church order and discipline, the term pastoral is accurate. 1 Tim. Clement of Rome speaks of 1 Corinthians as the Epistle of the blessed Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Corinthians and even cited 1 Corinthians in regard to their continuing factions. ), and (3) to deal with the way some were responding to belief in the imminent return of the Lord. Web4 Major Parts of Pauline Letter. WebLaodicea.11 However, in view of several points of contact of this letter with the Letter to Philemon, which is genuinely Pauline, it is possible that Paul wrote to the Colossians from his Roman imprisonment (around the years 61-63).12 In this letter the Church is described as a new creation the vocabulary used throughout the letter This letter was written about A.D. 55. toward the end of Pauls three-year residency in Ephesus (cf. The imperial post carried only official government correspondence, so it was not available to Paul and other New Testament letter writers. Philippians guards against the failure to practice Christ-provided unity and against the failure of believers to rejoice in their blessings and position in Christ (Phil. The Condemnation of the Immoral Man (the Gentile) (1:18-32), B. 11:28). The Pauline Letters. Miller understands the value of an education and the importance for students to graduate. When we turn to 2 Timothy we find a very different atmosphere. [18] 12 Peter, 23 John, and Jude do not divide the body of the letter into the two usual sections of instruction and admonition. Paul's decision to cast his lot with the members of the Christian community did not make him a missionary all at once, for about fourteen years passed before his work as a leader in the movement received any general recognition. First, Paul was released from his house arrest in Rome (where we find him at the end of Acts). This means he wrote it in A.D. 60-61 (see the discussion on the date of Ephesians and Philippians). But not to be outdone, is the concept of conduct or godliness, which occurs nine times (cf. In the first two chapters Paul vindicated his apostleship and message. Third, focus on 1:7; Col. 4:10; Philemon 9). Because Ephesians gives no hint of Pauls release from prison, as in Philippians (1:19-26) and Philemon (v. 22), many believe that Ephesians was written in the early part of his imprisonment about A.D. 60, while Paul was kept under house guard in his rented quarters (Acts 28:30). In this book we see the deity (2:13) and redemptive work of the Savior (2:12). 5; 6:9-20), and a number of questions regarding marriage and divorce, food, worship, spiritual gifts, and the resurrection. In Relation to the New Creation (1:18), 3. Out of this, two great purposes emerge in the epistle. 1-7); (2) he sought to remind the believers of their commitment to the offering for the Christians in Judea (chaps. Pauls missionary journeys occupied approximately the years A.D. 48-56. The Past: The Work of Faith (1:1-3:13), A. 6). The three modes of argumentation were forensic or judicial, often meant to defend a position; deliberative or hortatory, intended to persuade an audience to make practical decisions; and demonstrative or epideictic, which sought to inspire, praise, affirm common beliefs, and gain support. In the New Testament there are 13 books written by the Apostle Paul. [35], The introductory formula of an ancient letter was routinely followed by either a prayer for health or a thanksgiving to the gods. Exhortation to Progress in the Life of Faith (2:6-7), 3. Two New Testament scribes are identified by name: Tertius in Romans 16:22 and Silvanus in 1 Peter 5:12. The term, pastoral, is an 18th century designation that has stuck down through the years,63 and though not entirely accurate, it is a somewhat appropriate description of these three letters. [25] Richards, Paul and First-Century Letter Writing, 92. The Power and Provision for Our Walk (5:14-18), C. The Believers Walk in the World (5:19-6:9), 1. From 56-60 Paul was slowly making his way through the Roman courts, arriving ultimately at Rome. 57 The outline used here closely follows that of Ryrie with slight variations, pp. But as he did so, he could not help but be impressed by the way in which the Christians met the persecutions inflicted upon them. ( A.D. 55, 57) Philip., Col., Eph., Philem., Heb. And, of course, the letters themselves claim to have been written by Paul.65, The Greek titles for 1 and 2 Timothy are Pros Timotheon A and Pros Timotheon B, First to Timothy and Second to Timothy. Timothys name means, honoring God.. The major theme is summoned by James K. Lowery in the Bible Knowledge Commentary. From his reference that he stayed at Ephesus until Pentecost (16:8), it appears he intended to remain there somewhat less than a year when he wrote this epistle. We should carefully study these issues and seek biblical answers so we might come to conclusions based on our study of the facts of Scripture. It would be natural, however, for Paul to mention to a church to which he was a stranger his acquaintance with mutual friends. 4-33; and Henry Clarence Theissen, Introduction To The New Testament, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1943, pp. (6) This was followed by 2 Corinthians, the fourth letter to Corinth. The second theme flows out of the first, namely, the believers responsibility to know, grasp, and walk in a manner that is fitting with his heavenly position and calling in Christ (1:18-23; 3:14-21; 4:1). The Present Walk of the New Life (4:20-32), 4. In August of 2001 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and on August 29th, 2002 he went home to be with the Lord. These books, then, deal with matters of church order or ecclesiology not hitherto addressed, but before God gave the church directions for church organization (or order as specific as those we find in the pastorals) He gave us Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. WebThe Format of the Pauline Letters Greeting o Comes from sender to receiver. [23] Richards, Paul and First-Century Letter Writing, 3233. As mentioned previously, it was from Rome, during this second imprisonment in the dungeon that he wrote 2 Timothy. The title is Pros Galatas, To the Galatians. Being addressed to the churches of Galatia, it is the only epistle of Paul addressed to a group of churches. [11] Sperry, Pauls Life and Letters, 179200; Anderson, Understanding Paul, 17295; Robert L. Millet, The Just Shall Live by Faith (Romans), in Millet, Studies in Scripture, Vol. Priscilla and Aquila, whom Paul met in Corinth, were Jewish Christian refugees from Rome (see Acts 18:13; Romans 16:34). The church is a spiritual body, an organism, and each believer is a member with special functions and tasks to carry out, but the primary need so essential to functioning as God has designed the church is right theology (teaching) and understanding of the Word, along with its personal application for Christ-like living. In the upcoming Letter from the Producer LIVE, well be covering information on whats to come in Patch 6.4! A more utilitarian approach to remembering the most vivid parts of your life. In scope, Colossians presents the all supremacy, all sufficiency, uniqueness, and the fullness of the person and work of Jesus Christ as the God-man Savior, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, and the total solution for mans needs both for time and eternity. Internally the letter reveals the stamp of genuineness. The centrality of Christ as the essence, source, and means of the Christian life is stated in 1:30, of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us the wisdom of God: both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (my translation). 2023 Course Hero, Inc. All rights reserved. 19-21). His Hope in the Thessalonians (2:19-20), E. The Confirmation of the Thessalonians (3:1-10), 1. Also, the seeds of what later became the full-blown Gnosticism of the second century were present in the first century and already making inroads into the churches. He seems to have written it from Corinth in the winter of AD 5758, when Paul began making plans to visit Rome on his way to Spain and the west after first delivering a collection of money to the poor Saints in Jerusalem (see Romans 15:1433). In this analogy, we are as Onesimus. [34] Murphy-OConnor, Paul the Letter-Writer, 4555; Brown, Introduction to the New Testament, 41315. While 2 Timothy also addresses some of these issues, it also takes the form of a testament or final expression of belief before Paul met his death. Certainly, there has never been a greater explanation of love written. 276.69, I. Salutation and Opening Greetings (1:1-4), II. The Conduct of the Apostle and His Fellow Workers (2:1-12), C. The Conduct of the Thessalonians (2:13-16), 1. Grant Building 2:3-5). This letter is addressed to a congregation at Colossae in the Lycus Valley in Asia Minor, east of Ephesus. Concerning the Day of the Lord (5:1-11), 1. While engaged in these missionary activities, he wrote the letters that are preserved in the New Testament. Evidently at a young age, he went to Jerusalem, and according to his testimony, studied under the well know Gamaliel I, a noted teacher in the School of Hillel (Acts 22:3). That would be 1 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1+2 Corinthians, Philippians, Philemon, and Romans, in case you were wondering. [39], While formal divisions into indicative and imperative sections may have helped a listening audience follow one of Pauls letters, what was even more significant to an ancient audience was his use of rhetorical styles. Apr 25, 2023, 2:52 AM PDT. Robert L. Millet (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987), 14650; Charles A. Wanamaker, The Epistles to the Thessalonians, New International Greek Testament Commentary (hereafter NIGTC) (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990), 5363, 16490; E. P. Sanders, Paul (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 2633; Raymond E. Brown, Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1997), 45962. Nevertheless, Pauls final doxology, or expression of praise, at the end of his letter to the Romans reminds us that his fervent testimony is as vital and true today as it was then: Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. A 19-year-old TikToker made 6 figures teaching people how to write essays. [29], Noted examples of postcripts in the Pauline corpus include 1 Corinthians 16:2124, Galatians 6:1118, Colossians 4:18, 2 Thessalonians 3:1718, and Philemon 1:19, where Paul uses his own name and mentions that he is writing this with mine own hand. Other possible, but unsigned, postscripts include 1 Thessalonians 5:2728 and Romans 16:2123. Are you sure you want to remove #bookConfirmation# [38] See Brown, Introduction to the New Testament, 416n16. 15:19). Various forms of the words righteous and righteousness are sprinkled abundantly throughout Romans. However, such arguments have not convinced current scholars. Instead, the composition process was a more lengthy procedure that involved others at every step. While a postscript could in fact be additional information added after the close of a letter, as is often the case today, in antiquity an author more generally used a postscript to guarantee that the contents written by a scribe reflected his thinking. Approximately one third of the New Testament consists of letters, or epistles, written by the apostle Paul and addressed to the Christian churches of his day. After the postscript was added, the letter was either folded or rolled and then sealed. Nevertheless, real letters and apparent letters continue as basic categories, especially if the latter are considered to include circular letters, treatises, homilies, and other kinds of writing that only contain superficial epistolary features (see Jerome Murphy-OConnor, Paul the Letter-Writer: His World, His Options, His Skills [Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995], 4245). The Position of Liberty: Stand Fast (5:1-12), B. Unger writes, No trace of doubt as to the authority, integrity, or apostolic genuineness of the epistle comes from ancient times.49. However, Pauls authorship of this epistle has been questioned more often than that of 1 Thessalonians, even though it has more support from early church writers. This view of supersession, sometimes called replacement theology, saw the Mosaic law and the old covenant of God with His people as being replaced by the new covenant ushered in by Jesus sacrificial death. To grasp the theme and purpose, a little background is necessary. The Personal Circumstances of Paul in Rome: The Preaching of Christ (1:12-30), III. 20-26) suggest he was writing from Rome. Accordingly, Paul explained in his first letter that the dead in Christ shall rise first to be followed by those who were alive at His coming who would be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:1617). Paul wrote all four prison epistles during his first Roman imprisonment. On the other hand, Paul may have had a second group of opponents, because his letter later seeks to counter the efforts of those who think that the grace of Christ had made all obedience and law unnecessary. Rather, in Ephesians, Paul sets forth the glorious mystery, the church which is Christs body, Christ as the head of the Church (1:22, 23), and believers as co-members of one another and blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ (1:3; 2:11-22). Follow the tabs above to get Dated to AD 50 or 51, Pauls two letters to the Thessalonians are generally considered to be the earliest of his preserved writings, and the formal occasion for Pauls writing is his concern for the further instruction of these new Saints. In the Home and Household Life (3:18-4:1), IV. Key words in this book are supremacy and sufficiency.. The first was simply to announce Pauls plans to visit Rome after his return to Jerusalem and to prepare the church for his coming (15:24, 28-29; cf. The beneficiaries of thorough gospel instruction, upon Pauls departure the Corinthian Saints developed internal divisions arising from factionalism, pride over special knowledge and gifts, and moral misbehavior arising from doctrinal speculation. The last major group of Pauls epistles have generally been called the Pastoral Epistles, a term used to designate the three letters addressed to Timothy and Titus (1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus). Being written to the church at Corinth, this epistle came to be known as Pros Corinthious A, which in effect means First Corinthians. While 1 Timothy is in many ways a manual on leadership and the conduct of the church, a key term is sound doctrine which is emphasized in a number of places (see 1:10; 4:6; 6:1-3). Understandably, Paul makes fewer references to himself and to his readers in Romans than in 1 and 2 Corinthians and Galatians, since he had not founded the Roman church and guided its struggles to maturity as he had the others.39.
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