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Epistles
The Epistles are the twenty-one books of the New Testament, from Romans through Jude, that were written in letter form. They are commonly divided into the Pauline Epistles, Hebrews, and the General Epistles, and within the Pauline Epistles the Prison Epistles and the Pastoral Epistles are often distinguished.
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- Pauline EpistlesBible
The Pauline Epistles are the thirteen letters in the New Testament traditionally attributed to the apostle Paul. Written to early Christian communities and to Paul's coworkers, they have had a major influence on Protestant doctrine and worship.
- Prison EpistlesBible
The Prison Epistles is the collective name for Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, the four letters in which the apostle Paul indicates that he is writing while in confinement.
- Pastoral EpistlesBible
The Pastoral Epistles is the collective name for three New Testament books: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus. They are presented as letters in which Paul instructs his coworkers Timothy and Titus on caring for and teaching the church.
- AntichristBible
In the Epistles of John, "antichrist" refers to anyone who denies or opposes Christ. Christian tradition has linked the term to an adversary expected at the end of the age and has interpreted it in a variety of ways.
- 1 PeterBible
First Peter is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, a five-chapter letter that urges Christians scattered amid persecution and suffering to hold fast to hope and to live holy lives.
Verses in the King James Version 2, showing 2
- 2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
- 2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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