been established by Paul’s coworker Epaphras, who was a native Colossian. Luke indicated that during Paul’s ministry in Ephesus all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord. Paul followed his usual missionary strategy of establishing himself in a major city with his coworkers fanning out into the countryside to establish churches in the wider region. The Lycus Valley churches were a product of Paul’s Ephesian ministry. Epaphras served as Paul’s coworker, establishing
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shorter epistles written by the apostle Paul while he was in prison. Throughout Paul’s life the Philippians held a special place in his heart. He wrote to them with affection, and the epistle breathes a note of joy throughout. When Paul first came to Philippi, he was thrown in jail. The location of his imprisonment has been long debated. In the deep of the night, bound and beaten, he sang a hymn to God. A decade later Paul was again in prison, and he still was celebrating the Christian’s joy in the
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the letters he wrote to various churches. It is evident that while Jesus’ life and teachings tend to offer Christianity with the required foundation, the letters that Paul wrote availed the structure on the foundation. However, the Gentiles urgently embraced the message of salvation, the conflicting ideas on how to live righteously altered their faith. The complexity of the cultural differences however, didn’t stop Paul from managing to address some of the areas of contention using the letters that
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Christian believer. While in prison, ironically Paul writes a letter to the Colossians that focus on freedom, and despite Paul’s physical imprisonment, he finds peace and freedom. Even in prison, Paul can choose God and because of that, God gives Paul divine freedom. Therefore, in Colossian, Paul tells followers of Christ, that God has given His children the divine freedom to please Him and not others. In the letter of Colossians, Paul writes about freedom while he is in prison, but Paul is talking about
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advantages of Pauls’ stay in prison is chronicled in Stott’s book “The message of Acts” where he gives three compelling examples. The first is the belief that while being locked up his ministry was expanding. It is believed that Paul presented the gospel to Agrippa, Felix and even Nero himself. The second advantage was Paul’s witness was increased during a two year stay in Caesarea prison. Stott wrote that Paul had five years of comparative inactivity. Two years of prison, two years under house arrest
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Timothy was a younger colleague of Paul whom the Apostle Paul probably met on his first missionary journey in Acts. Paul’s frequent reference to him as his son may indicate that he was a Pauline convert, but the evidence is not clear. It is believed that Paul may have used the expression “son” to refer to Timothy as his “son in the ministry”. Timothy was the recipient of the letter in second Timothy from Paul and when Paul refers to him as his “dear son” it is an expression of affection. Historical
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Romans and the World View By Randy E Brown Bible 425 Prof. Jerry Hall Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va Date: Introduction The Christian Life and World View according to Romans, should not be based on condemnation for those who are not in Christ Jesus. Based on the fact through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death (verse1-2).In the early Christian Practical Issues, The Apostle Paul forms the main character in relation
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The Letters of Paul Apostle Paul is very unique with his writings to the people. Paul made his letters real as they could get and they dealt with life and death issues. The letter structure of was highly important part of the ancient letter, as compared to the Hellenistic letter with those in Paul’s letter to Philemon. The whole anatomy of Paul’s letters was special because they all had structure. Paul has several sections in his letters: salutation, thanksgiving, the body, the closing, and the
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Theological commentary abounds in regard to Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi. The letter is replete with theological and Christological themes. Scholars have also analyzed this letter from a socio-rhetorical standpoint. While all these are dominant themes in Philippians, there are strong social elements as well. While Paul is writing from prison, there are groups evangelizing and preaching the gospel. There are two groups of preachers with two different motives for their preaching.
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The purpose and occasion for writing each of the Prison Epistles The first letter that Paul writes to the Ephesians, he starts out praising God and giving glory to Jesus. The Ephesians have always supported him on his ministry by giving him money. So I feel that he had a special love for them since they had done so much for him. I guess you could say he felt a little obligated to make sure that they were walking the path of Christ. He also wanted to remind them that good works are the outcome
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