by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Other epistles
INTRODUCTION Peter is written to Christians in several provinces in what is today Turkey (1:1), and the letter gives the impression that there were mostly Gentile Christians in these congregations, especially from 4:3-4 where he talks about that they no longer live in...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Other epistles
INTRODUCTION There are many people named James in the Bible. The author of this letter was most likely the brother of Jesus (Matthew 13:55), who eventually became one of the leaders of the church in Jerusalem (Acts 15:13, 21:18, Gal 1:19, 2:9). He was also called...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Pauline epistles
INTRODUCTION The letter to Philemon is a “letter of recommendation” for Philemon’s escaped slave Onesimus, who now risked the death penalty for having escaped. But since then, Onesimus had become a Christian, and Paul sends him back to Philemon with...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Pauline epistles
Introduction Titus was an associate of Paul who appears in some of the letters. In Gal 2:1-3 we learn that he was Greek, and in 2 Cor we read that he was sent to Corinth to sort out the problems there (8:17). He did a good job in Corinth, because here in Titus we see...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Pauline epistles
INTRODUCTION Paul’s second letter to Timothy continues from the first. It seems like Timothy is still in Ephesus and that the problems mostly remain the same. One difference is that the adversity may have affected Timothy a little (1:6-8, 2:1). This is...
