Evidently at a young age, he went to Jerusalem, and according to his testimony, studied under the well know Gamaliel I, a noted teacher in the School of Hillel (Acts 22:3). 69 From the footnote in the NET Bible, BSF web site CD, electronic media. To meet the needs that occasioned this epistle, Paul wrote this epistle to comfort and correct. Consequently, Paul was uniquely qualified to be the one chosen to carry the message of the gospel to the Gentiles. While not written to be remedial or to correct any specific errors, Paul designed this epistle as a prevention against those problems that so often occur because of a lack of maturity or a failure in grasping and applying what believers have in Christ. The problems included divisions in the church (1:11), trust in mans wisdom or that of the world rather than Gods (1:21-30), immorality (chap. Whether he was imprisoned once or twice in Rome is debated, though two imprisonments seem to fit the facts better. Since these books deal with church order, ministry, and organization, why were they not first? As to external evidence, several church fathers (Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Clement of Alexander, and others) either quote from or use language closely resembling that found in Ephesians.53, In recent years, however, critics have turned to internal grounds to challenge this unanimous ancient tradition. 10), B. Paul Forced Into Foolish Boasting (chs. Pauls Prayer for the Colossians Growth (1:9-14), 3. Here, He is described as the One who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel (1:10), as the One who rose from the dead (2:8), as the One who gives salvation and eternal glory (2:10), as the One with whom all believers have died, with whom they will live, and from whom they will be rewarded for faithful service (as in the crown of righteousness) and in the privilege of reigning with Him (2:11-13; 4:8). Though Titus is never mentioned in Acts, the many references to him in Pauls epistles (13 times), make it clear he was one of Pauls closest and most trusted fellow-workers in the gospel. The purpose and burden of the apostle in writing to the Thessalonians can be summarized as follows: to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the Day of the Lord (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20). If the con-tingency of the letters is ignored, Pauls let-ters become timeless treatises, severed from the historical circumstances in which they were birthed. Eric D. Huntsman was an assistant professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was published. It was written from Corinth, while completing the collection for the poor in Palestine. Paul's decision to cast his lot with the members of the Christian community did not make him a missionary all at once, for about fourteen years passed before his work as a leader in the movement received any general recognition. Yet as Greeks they prided themselves on their intellectualism, although in their case it had degenerated into a crude and shallow type (1:17; 2:1-5) 43.
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