Practically speaking, the reason that Romans is placed at the beginning of Paul’s letters is not noteworthy. Although it was not the earliest, it was the longest of Paul’s inspired writings, and a quick look at his letters in any Bible shows they are ordered from longest to shortest, first to churches, then to individuals. […]
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IntroductionThough the author of Ephesians is not widely debated, its recipients are. Most English Bibles read “to the saints in Ephesus” in Ephesians 1:1, but some of the earliest Greek manuscripts do not include “in Ephesus,” naming no one specifically. There are several points of interest surrounding this. First, Paul was a prisoner at the time
Chapter twenty closes the first major section of this book and finishes the story started in chapter eighteen. Jeremiah’s life had been threatened multiple times, but Jeremiah 20:1-6 records a specific example of what Jeremiah faced. Passhur, the priest in charge of Temple security, heard Jeremiah’s message in chapter 19, so he had Jeremiah beaten
