Epistle to the Galatians

documents that we do have support the conclusion that Jesus was known as a historical figure by Christian writers 20-30 years after His death -the Pauline Epistles were written within that timeframe. For example, in Galatians, Paul says he meets James, “But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother” (1:19 NKJV). And in the Epistles there are many references to events within ten years of Jesus’ death and secular non Christian…

Paul epistles In studying the 13 letters written by Paul, we can lay them in two categories, the church, and to people. To the churches are Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians, Colossians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. To people, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. After Paul conversion, his goal was to reach the Jews and Gentile and teach them the way a Christian should live. He warns them that there is no excuse for anyone to say that there is no God. He further…

second three month missionary journey. Paul brought faith into the city Troas to the people who would form the heart of the thriving congregation of the city. It was likely that Paul wrote Philippians last of all of the four Prison Epistles. The other three Prison Epistles were Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon. The letter of the Philippians was delivered by Epaphroditus. Philippians is so important because it was not written in a time of crisis, it was written so Paul could express his…

“Pastoral Epistles”. According to my reading in Chapter 12 pseudepigrapha refers to false writings and commonly referring to ancient non canonical Jewish and Christian literary text, many were written pseudonymously. Pastoral Epistles are letters in the New Testament that Paul allegedly wrote to Timothy and Titus. The second terms that stand out to are “Undisputed Pauline Epistles” and “Deutero-Pauline Epistles”. Undisputed Pauline Epistles are letters from Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians,…

The Theological Differences as roots for separation between Judaism and Christianity During the second temple period, many sects emerged in Judea, among them were the followers of Jesus. The New Testament records the early stages of separation between the emerging Christianity and Judaism. The New Testament became a fundamental text on which later Christians based their beliefs. It describes the birth and teachings of Jesus. Christianity and the Judaism before were the same. Christians saw…

life in substitutionary death for us (cf. Gal 3:13, 14).117 “They (Christian believers) are the seed of Abraham because of Christ, who is the true Seed by virtue of the fact that He fulfilled the 116D. Guthrie, Galatians (London: Nelson, 1969), 133; F. F. Bruce, The Epistle to the Galatians (NICNT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982), 222.…

He wrote more books than anyone else did in the New Testament. Paul wrote 8 books of the bible including: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians, Philippians, Philemon, and 1 Thessalonians. We can find the most information about Paul’s life in his epistles and in Acts. Paul is persistent, patient, courageous, humble, and forgiving, all traits that make him a great prophet. He never stopped preaching and serving God, and did whatever the…

Understanding the inspiration of Scripture is vital to understanding how the Bible that we have came into being. There are several different theories as to how the Bible was inspired, such as the dynamic and verbal theories. According to Millard J. Erickson in his book, “Introducing Christian Doctrine”, the dynamic theory “emphasizes the combination of divine and human elements in the process of inspiration and of the writing of the Bible”, while the verbal theory “insists that the Holy Spirit’s…

He is the quintessential writer of the New Testament with fourteen letters and epistles being ascribed to him. With the exception of Jesus, Paul was the most influential preacher of the Gospel. Yet, as Hendricks contends, Paul’s shifted Jesus’ ministry from collective consciousness to personal piety and deliverance from sin (Hendricks…

with him, perhaps, from Syria. Paul was a physician and historian (d 84 in Greece). Luke wrote about Paul in Acts 19. Paul had written approximately a third of the New Testament, which includes the thirteen epistles. The letters, on which our context is based, can be found in the Prison Epistles that consist of Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon. Ephesians is…