Analysis Of The Epistles In The Bible

The Epistles in the bible were letter’s that were written by the Apostles to the churches. The Epistles served as a primary form of written communication in the ancient world, especially in the New Testament time. Some of the epistles in the Bible consist of, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and James. The Apostle Paul wrote thirteen of these letters, addressing situations or problems in the churches. The purpose of this paper is to illuminate a few of the epistles and why they were written. The Epistles of the Bible are all found in the New Testament. The Epistles are letters written to the new churches and individual believers in the early days of Christianity. The Apostle Paul wrote thirteen of these Epistles, each addressing a specific situation or problem in the churches. In studying the word of God, I have learned that an “apostle” is not someone who is appointed by men, but by God. “Paul was the apostle, who was sent not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father,

Titus mental makeup was different from Timothy. Titus was a man of sterner things; he was an individual that had a strong and imposing mind. Timothy was a young man of sympathy; being that he was sympathetic it gave him access to many classes of people. Timothy was also a very sensitive, gentle and thorough man. The book of Philemon was written around A.D. 61 by the Apostle Paul (Jensen 400). The Apostle Paul asks his friend Philemon to extend forgiveness to a runaway slave named Onesimus. Philemon saved by that gospel, in the church at Colossae. Paul reminded Philemon of that, as he urged him to accept the newly converted Onesimus back, not as a lawbreaker of his slave but, as a fellow brother in Christ, Paul was in prison when he wrote this particular epistle, it was personal. Forgiveness is a key theme, just as God forgives us, he expects us to forgive others, as we find in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt.