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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.
Paul located Mount Sinai in Arabia in Galatians 4:24–25. [99] Paul asserted that he received the Gospel not from man, but directly by "the revelation of Jesus Christ". [100] He claimed almost total independence from the Jerusalem community [101] (possibly in the Cenacle), but agreed with it on the nature and content of the gospel. [102]
The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games, [3] and this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.
Romans 16 is the sixteenth (and the final) chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It was authored by Paul the Apostle, while Paul was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of a secretary (), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in verse 22. [2]
"gave them up" (also in verse 24; "gave them over" in verse 28) is from the Greek word paradidomi, 'hand over', refers to more than a passive withholding of divine grace on God's part, but as God's reaction to the people who turning from the truth of God and his moral requirements, that is to "turn them over" their own gods and sinful ways as ...
In 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Paul sends a greeting to the man’s household in Ephesus and refers to the help he showed Paul earlier in Ephesus. Timothy, who led the Ephesian church is familiar with these acts. [5] Paul's praise of Onesiphorus is significant because it was written shortly before Paul's death as a final encouragement to Timothy.
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On the basis of their language, content, and other factors, the pastoral epistles are considered by skeptical scholars [9] as having been not written by Paul, but written after his death. [10] The Second Epistle to Timothy, however, is sometimes thought to be more likely than the other two to have been written by Paul. [ 11 ] )