by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title Colossians is named for the city of Colosse, where the church it was addressed to was located. It was also to be read in the neighboring church at Laodicea (4:16). Author and Date Paul is identified as author at the beginning (1:1; cf. v. 23; 4:18), as...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title Philippians derives its name from the Greek city where the church to which it was addressed was located. Philippi was the first town in Macedonia where Paul established a church. Author and Date The unanimous testimony of the early church was that the Apostle...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title The letter is addressed to the church in the city of Ephesus, capital of the Roman province of Asia (Asia Minor, modern Turkey). Because the name Ephesus is not mentioned in every early manuscript, some scholars believe the letter was an encyclical, intended to...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title Galatians derives its title (pros Galatas) from the region in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) where the churches addressed were located. It is the only one of Paul’s epistles specifically addressed to churches in more than one city (1:2; cf. 3:1; 1Co 16:1). Author...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title This is the second NT epistle the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in the city of Corinth (see Introduction to 1 Corinthians). Author and Date That the Apostle Paul wrote 2 Corinthians is uncontested; the lack of any motive for a forger to write this highly...
