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1. The Pauline Epistles are 14 including Hebrew.
A. The Epistles to the church: These are Epistles written to the church.
Places. Books.
I. Church at Rome Romans
II. Church at Corinth 1&2 Corinthians
Iii. Church at Galatia Galatians
Vi. Church at Ephesus Ephesians
V. Church at Philippi Philippians
Vi. Church at Colossea Colossians
Vii.Church at Thessalonica. 1&2 Thessalonians
B. The pastoral Epistles. These are letters written to spiritual son of Apostle Paul. The spiritual sons are in charge of churches.
Timothy was the pastor of the Ephesian church. Titus was a missionary and church leader who was not a pastor of a church, but was temporarily assigned to lead churches in Crete and Corinth.
1st Timothy
2nd Timothy
Titus
C. Epistles to individual and group of believers. The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Philemon was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family.
It was written for the purpose of interceding for Onesimus, who had deserted his master Philemon and been “unprofitable” to him.
The Epistles of the Hebrew was intended for Jewish converts to the faith of the Gospel, probably for the church at Jerusalem.
Philemon
Hebrew
2. General Epistles.
The General Epistles are so called because they are not addressed to any particular church or city or individual, but to Christians in general, or to Christians in several countries. Of these, 3 are written by the disciple John, 2 by Peter, and 1 each by James and Jude.
1st John
2nd John
3rd John
1st Peter
2nd Peter
James
Jude.
Lists of the Epistles in New Testament.
1. Romans
2. 1st Corinthians
3. 2nd Corinthians
4. Galatians
5. Ephesians
6. Philippians
7. Colossians
8. 1st Thessalonians
9. 2nd Thessalonians
10. 1st Timothy
11. 2nd Timothy
12. Titus
13. Philemon
14. Hebrew
15. 1st John
16. 2nd John
17. 3rd John
18. 1st Peter
19. 2nd Peter
20. James
21. Jude.
Doctrinal instruction.
It is an interesting and instructive fact that a large portion of the New Testament is taken up with epistles. The doctrines of Christianity are thus not set forth in any formal treatise, but mainly in a collection of letters.
“Christianity was the first great missionary religion. It was the first to break the bonds of race and aim at embracing all mankind. But this necessarily involved a change in the mode in which it was presented. The prophet of the Old Testament, if he had anything to communicate, either appeared in person or sent messengers to speak for him by word of mouth. The narrow limits of Israel made direct personal communication easy. But the case was different when the Christian Church came to consist of a number of scattered parts, stretching from Mesopotamia in the east to Rome or even Spain in the far west. It was only natural that the apostle by whom the greater number of these communities had been founded should seek to communicate with them by letter.”
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