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Paul and his companions, Silas and Timothy, had plans to journey to the southwest portion of Asia Minor to preach the gospel but during the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him to go to Macedonia to help them. After seeing the vision, Paul and his companions left for Macedonia to preach the gospel to them. [136]
17:1-15: Paul and others are chased out of successive towns by Jews. 18:12-17: Paul is made to appear before the Roman proconsul Gallop in Achaia, who dismisses the case as an internal dispute. 19:23-41: Worshippers of Artemis in Ephesus riot against Paul and his companions, but they are not harmed.
In Philippians 2:25 [1] and Philemon 1:2, [2] Paul describes fellow Christians as "fellow soldiers" (in Greek, συστρατιώτῃ, sustratiōtē). [3] The image of a soldier is also used in 2 Timothy 2:3–4 [4] as a metaphor for courage, loyalty and dedication; [5] this is followed by the metaphor of an athlete, emphasising hard work.
The "thorn" is most commonly interpreted in relation to persecutions or hardships Paul faced. Other interpretations include: One pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic writer thought that it denotes suggestions of impiety. [12] Paul's agony over Jewish rejection of the gospel; A reference to Paul's opponents; A physical ailment
Romans 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It is authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in Romans 16:22. [2]
Onesimus, a slave who had escaped from his master Philemon, was returning with this epistle wherein Paul asked Philemon to receive him as a "brother beloved" (Philemon 1:9–17). Philemon was a wealthy Christian, possibly a bishop [ 3 ] of the church that met in his home ( Philemon 1:1–2 ) in Colossae .
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In his sermon, Paul quotes from certain Greek philosophers and poets, namely in verse 17:28. He alludes to passages from Epimenides [ 7 ] and from either Aratus or Cleanthes . Paul then explained concepts such as the resurrection of the dead and salvation , in effect a prelude to the future discussions of Christology.