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The Letter Of Paul To The Churches At Philippi
I believe the letter of Paul to the churches at Philippi was written in the year 63AD, making it the tenth of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “Philippi was a Roman colony, and the chief city of one part of Macedonia, (Acts 16:12), it is by Appianus called Datos which was its original name; and by Diodorus Siculus it is called Crenidae, from, the fountains about it; and it took its name Philippi, from Philip king of Macedon, father of Alexander the great, who rebuilt and fortified it; near this place a famous battle was fought, and a victory obtained by…
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The First Letter Of Paul To Timothy
I believe the first letter of Paul to Timothy was written in the year 67AD, making it the eleventh of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “Timothy, to whom this epistle is written, was eminent for his early piety and acquaintance with the sacred Scriptures; his mother was a Jewess, and his father a Greek, which was the reason why he was not circumcised in his infancy. Mention is made in the second epistle to him of his mother Eunice, and grandmother Lois, as believers, and of his knowledge of the Scriptures from a child: this excellent person the apostle meeting with…
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The Letter Of Paul To Titus
I believe the letter of Paul to Titus was written in the year 67AD, making it the twelfth of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “Titus, to whom this epistle is inscribed, was a Greek, an uncircumcised Gentile, and so remained; nor did the apostle circumcise him, as he did Timothy, when he became his companion; nor did the apostles at Jerusalem oblige him to be circumcised, when Paul took him with Barnabas along with him thither, (Galatians 2:1,3). He was a man of great grace, and large gifts, and very dear to the apostle: he calls him his brother, his partner,…
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The Letter Of Paul To The Hebrews
I believe the letter of Paul to the Hebrews was written in the year 67AD, making it the thirteenth of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to the Corinthians, who took whole sentences out of it; and therefore it could not be a new work, as Eusebius observes: it has been denied to be authentic by some heretics, as the Marcionites and Arians, but has been generally received as such by the orthodox: some indeed doubted of it, because it was…
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The Second Letter Of Paul To Timothy
I believe the second letter of Paul to Timothy was written in the year 67AD, making it the last of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “That this epistle was written to Timothy, while he was at Ephesus, where the apostle in his former epistle had desired him to stay, is evident from his making mention of some persons in it, who were Ephesians; as Onesiphorus, whom he commends, and Alexander the coppersmith, of whom he complains: and that this epistle was written by the apostle, when he was at Rome, is no less evident; for he expressly calls himself a prisoner,…
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The First Letter Of Peter To The Churches Of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia
I believe the first letter of Peter, addressed to the churches at Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, was written in the year 64 AD, making it the twelfth letter in point of chronological order of the New Testament epistles. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: ”That Simon, called Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, was the writer of this epistle, is not questioned by any; nor was the genuineness and authenticity of it ever made a doubt of. Eusebius says, that it had been confessed by all, and received without controversy; and that the ancients, without any scruple, had made use of it in their writings. It is called his “general”, or catholic epistle, because it was not written to any particular…