Uzias Gutierrez-Hougardy Professor Randolph Bynum 25 June 2016 The apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Church in Philippi around the year 60 CE‚ approximatly ten years after his first visit to them. There is very little doubt to the fact that Paul was the author of this letter. Paul is the author of many of the books in the New Testament and one of the primary apostles to the gentile populations. The Church in Philippi is the first one that was founded in Europe in the Macedonian region of the Roman
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Titus Observation The genre of the book of Titus is an epistle. An epistle is a letter written by an apostle of Jesus Christ. A letter consists of a greeting‚ a body‚ and an intro (Baker). Furthermore‚ this letter is a pastoral epistle. Pastoral epistles “contain instructions concerning church government and teaching” (Votaw). Therefore‚ Titus is a pastoral epistle because it contains every one of these qualifications (Baker). Titus was written by the Apostle Paul around A.D 62-67. At the time the
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Ephesians is one of the several letters in the New Testaments written by Paul. At the time of Paul writing this letter‚ he was in prison in Rome. This was most likely written around 60AD- 62AD during his second missionary journey. He wrote this letter to the Gentiles (non-Jewish) followers of Christ- most likely the church in Ephesus to. Paul wrote this letter to encourage the Gentile believers. He wanted to make it clear that Jews and Gentiles have been brought together as part of the body of Christ
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Phil 4:2-3 The purpose of this paper is to carefully study and analyze Phil 4:2-3‚ a passage from a Pauline letter in its historical and literary context using two standard tools in biblical studies‚ The Anchor Bible Dictionary and Commentaries. Geographical Context In the letter to the Philippians‚ Paul is in prison (Phil 1:12-13). The geographical location of this prison is up for debate‚ some scholars believe that he could have been in Rome‚ while others believe that Paul is in Caesarea . These
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Theme: The theme of Paul’s letter to the Colossian church is the centrality and supremacy of Christ. Christ is “the image of the invisible God” (1:15)‚ “before all things” as the One who holds all things together (1:17)‚ and the “head of the body‚ the church”. We can see that the Colossians were growing steadily in their faith in Christ and love for fellow believers (1:4) after first hearing the gospel roughly five years prior. That Paul continuously seeks to reaffirm the absolute authority and complete
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and 127 magnificent columns were bestowed by so many kings. Little models of the temple in silver‚ with the image of the goddess enshrined in them‚ were made for sale‚ and sold in large quantities (Acts 19:24-29). Introduction to Ephesians The Epistle to the Ephesians was written by the Apostle Paul when he was a prisoner (Ephesians 3:1; 4:1; 6:20). Introduction to Ephesians The date was about 62 A.D. Tychicus and Onesimus‚ the runaway slave‚ but now through grace "a brother beloved" (Philemon
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Introduction to the Passage The book of Ephesians both celebrates the blessings of God’s grace and explains what that grace means for the church. Throughout the book‚ Paul reminds the church of the sacrificial love of Jesus and encourages believers to be imitators of God. In Ephesians 5:22-33‚ Paul uses the comparison of the marriage relationship with that of Christ and His church to give guidance to husbands‚ wives‚ and the church as the body of Christ‚ instructing them in living a Spirit-filled
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Letter from Birmingham City Jail Response Paper Prepared by L. Michelle Price-Johnson January 25‚ 2013 Ethics: Personal and Professional MHR-4510 My first thoughts in reading the Letter from Birmingham City Jail‚ was how striking the similarities were between this letter and the letters that the apostle Paul wrote while imprisoned. In “Paulian” style‚ Dr. Martin Luther King opens with addressing the clergymen with honor‚ clarifying their concerns of his being an “outsider” and
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Reading from Titus chapter 1:1‚ we identify Apostle Paul as the author of the book of Titus. This book was written approximately 62 to 67 AD. He wrote this book to Titus who was one of his missionary companions and a matured brother in Christ. Titus was left in Crete by Paul to help groom the young converts who were there and to established them with the Gospel of the Grace of God. The letter is an explanation of how local churches are supposed to be established and how leaders are to be chosen.
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In my letter Paul is writing to “Parks Church” located somewhere in the United States. This letter is aimed towards a community that has wholeheartedly overcome their problems with each other within the majority‚ but has now started to look down on and neglect the minority groups within the community because they are in some way different. Paul has a very formulaic way of beginning and ending his letters to all of the communities he writes to. Often times Paul would begin each letter by stating
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