Epistles

Receiving Salvation The letter to the Romans, or shortened as Romans, is one of the New Testament books. It is a long letter, written by Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ; it tells of God’s plan of salvation through faith. Paul sent the letter to communicate with the Romans and tell them that faith began with the Jewish people who were saved by obeying the laws in the Old Testament. After Jesus came, believing in Him is what would save them. In Romans 10, Paul states that people receive salvation…

Historical Context The First Epistle of John, similar to the Epistle to the Hebrews, mentions neither its author nor its specific recipients. Both of these epistles also do not employ formal greetings and blessings that are commonly found in other epistles. Another uncommon structure is also shown by the absence of a formal closing section such as found in the epistle of James. However these do not of course render the epistle to be considered as merely an open writing addressed to anyone who…

Epistles are also written for a specific purpose, to clarify teaching, to rebuke, explain, correct false teaching, or to expand on Jesus’ teaching. According to Mel Lawrenz, “Epistles are “occasioned” texts, and so we need to get at the circumstances that led to them being written.” Whether Hebrews is a letter or a sermon, it was clearly…

Other than representing the Greek alphabet, the letters, alpha, beta, gamma, and along with the others, have many other meanings. Below are the Greek letters and their many meanings. Alpha: Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α). In both zoology and sociology, alpha describes of the lead of the group. In astrology, alpha is the first and brightest star in a constellation. In chemistry, it is one of two or more isomeric compounds. Beta: Beta is the second letter of the Greek…

Alanna Allen 10/2/15 Period 1 1 Thess. Background 1 Thessalonians is written by the apostle Paul. No one really argues about his authorship due to him referring to himself throughout his letter. Some critics attempt to state that Paul is indeed not the author but failed (BKC.1 Thess p.690). He often used three first person plural pronouns when referring to himself or Silas and Timothy (MSB 1 Thess p.1841). Paul and Silas first went to preach in Berea but once the…

Paul was a well-known author in the Bible, for he wrote books of Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and he added some scriptures in the book of Hebrews. God ordained and inspired Paul to write so many books to encourage his people to live right, do right, trust, and apply their trust only in God. In this Exegesis, one will take a journey with Paul as he witnesses and encourage this young…

In the book of Romans the Apostle Paul writes to Rome to present his basic statement of the gospel: Gods plan of salvation for all peoples, Jew and Gentile alike. Written, what scholars believe to be around AD 59, Paul writes to the Christians living in Rome; in chapter 16 of Romans it is suggested that there were at least five house churches stationed in the city. The believers in Rome were predominantly Gentile, however Jews must have constituted a substantial minority of the congregation (ch…

Romans 6 “was written between 56 and 57 C.E. (Common Era)” (bible.org). Paul is the author of Romans and is writing to the Christian believer. We know he is writing to the Christian because it says so in Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?”. The second part of Romans 6:2 states that “we who died to sin still live in it” only those who have accepted Christ and “died to sin”…

The purpose of this study is not to prove the authenticity of the Pastoral Epistles. This work is an attempt, to evaluate some of the most important arguments that have been made against Pauline authorship.Some of the objections to Paul’s authorship of the Pastorals focus on the linguistic characters of the letters, historical background of the letters, organization of the church and the doctrinal content of the letters. The Linguistic Character of the Pastorals…

In several of Paul’s letters, he begins with a description of himself that lends to his primary argument. For example, in Romans 1:1, Paul calls himself, “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for God.” And in Galatians 1:1, he calls himself, “Paul, an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead.” For other examples, see Philemon 1:1 and Philippians 1:1. Although my…