The Inscription of the Epistle. Achaia as it was in the time of Saint Paul, 1. Why would Saint Paul join Timothy to himself in the inscription? 2. The Subscription. That the Epistle appears to have been written in Macedonia, and to have been sent by Titus and Lucas, 3. The calumnies of the False...
1. The Inscription of the Epistle. Achaia as it was in the time of Saint Paul.This Epistle was also inscribed to the same recipients as the former, to the Corinthians or τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, to the Church of God which is at Corinth, and also τοῖς ἁγίοις πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν ὅλῃ...
2. Why would Saint Paul join Timothy to himself in the inscription? Saint Paul, the author of the Epistle, in the inscription joins Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός, Timothy our brother, with himself, 2 Corinthians 1:1; which he also does in other Epistles, namely, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians...
3. The Subscription. That the Epistle appears to have been written in Macedonia, and to have been sent by Titus and Lucas. That this Epistle was written ἀπὸ Φιλίππων τῆς Μακεδονίας, διὰ Τίτου καὶ Λουκᾶ, from Philippi of Macedonia, through Titus and Lucas, the common subscription has it. In a...
4. The calumnies of the False Apostles, and other things, furnished the occasion for writing the Epistle.The occasion for the writing of this Epistle is best gathered from the order of this disputation. That is, he wrote the former Epistle, whereby the False Apostles and others were grievously...
5. The Argument of the Epistle.Now, the argument of this Epistle is not simple, but multifaceted. For one moment Saint Paul is recounting his journeys and various events in them: at another moment he is answer the objections and calumnies of his enemies: at yet another moment he is exhorting to...
6. The time of the writing of the Epistle, namely, the year following the writing of the former Epistle, is elicited.Saint Paul appears to have written this Epistle neither immediately after the first, nor much after. For, when from Ephesus, where he wrote the first Epistle, he loosed, traveling...
7. The Parts of the Epistle are two: I. A narration of the journey of Saint Paul, and what things befell him here and there, with various digressions interspersed (2 Corinthians 1-9). II. Saint Paul’s Apology, in which he defends the Apostleship and power committed to him (2 Corinthians 10-13)...
The parts:Ancient MacedoniaI. Narration of the journeys of Saint Paul, with various digressions interspersed: chapters 1-9: in which are: 1. A narration of those things that happened to Saint Paul in Asia: chapter 1:1-14. 2. The reason for the hindrance to his coming: a. Not lightness, but...
HOLY FATHERS: None separately.REFORMED: Heidegger, Meyer, Musculus, Prædinius,[1] Zwingli. English: Sclater.LUTHERAN: Calixtus, Melanchthon, Runge, Weinrich.ROMAN CATHOLIC: Contzen, Hofmeister, Stevartius, Stapleton.ADD the Interpreters of all the Books of the New Testament, and also of the...
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The Inscription of the Epistle. The Galatians, Gallo-Greeks, 1. The Subscription disapproved. It appears to have been written, not at Rome, but at Ephesus, 2. The occasion and argument of the Epistle, 3. It appears to have been written near the end of the two years at Ephesus, a little before...
1. The Inscription of the Epistle. The Galatians, Gallo-Greeks.Ancient GalatiaAmong the shorter Epistles of Saint Paul the first was written πρὸς Γαλάτας, to the Galatians. Galatia was a province of Asia Minor, of which the Gallic inhabitants, immigrants after rising of Rome, mixing themselves...
2. The Subscription disapproved. It appears to have been written, not at Rome, but at Ephesus.Ancient EphesusThe Subscript reads: ἐγράφη πρὸς Γαλάτας ἀπὸ Ῥώμης, written to the Galatians from Rome. So also the Arabic and Syriac. The Arabic adds that this was sent by Timothy. Nevertheless, these...
3. The occasion and argument of the Epistle.The occasion for writing the Epistle was furnished by the seduction of the Galatians, who, having been taken in by some disturbers, thought that circumcision was to be adjoined to the profession of the Christian name. Hence the Apostle, trying to...
4. It appears to have been written near the end of the two years at Ephesus, a little before both Epistles to the Corinthians.This Epistle is located among the first written by Saint Paul by Tertullian in his adversus Marcionem, book 1. By that very Paul, says he, who, being yet rude in grace...
5. There are two Parts to the Epistle: I. Defense of the Gospel preached by Saint Paul, especially of the freedom of the New Testament from the servitude of the law (Galatians 1:1-5:12). II. An admonition concerning the use and abuse of Christian liberty (Galatians 5:13-6:18). Interpreters of...
SYNOPTIC TABLE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSThe parts:I. Defense of the Gospel and liberty preached by himself, chapters 1:1-5:12. In which is: 1. A defense of the Gospel: chapters 1, 2: in which: a. He asserts his Gospel, received, not from men, but from God alone: chapter 1. b. And...
This course is a survey of the entire New Testament, with an abiding focus upon the fulfillment of Old Testament promises concerning Messiah. Let's get ready for the Study.
The Inscription of the Epistle. Marcion denied that it was written to the Ephesians. The opinion of Grotius and Ussher concerning the same being written to the Laodiceans, Ephesians, and others at the same time, refuted, 1. Ephesus, a city of Asia, a colony of Ionia, devoted to the worship of...
1. The Inscription of the Epistle. Marcion denied that it was written to the Ephesians. The opinion of Grotius and Ussher concerning the same being written to the Laodiceans, Ephesians, and others at the same time, refuted.Ancient EphesusThis Epistle, ever esteemed excellent among the Pauline...
2. Ephesus, a city of Asia, a colony of Ionia, devoted to the worship of many-breasted Diana. Saint John was not the first to preach the Gospel in it, but rather Paul. Ephesus was a maritime city of Asia Minor, a colony of Ionia, famous for its Temple of Diana πολυμάσθου, the many-breasted one...