Apostle Paul's Letter To The Romans

Putting pen to paper, Paul pleas with the Corinthians to better themselves through Christ Jesus. While in discourse with the Corinthians, the polemic language of Paul becomes, at times, difficult to digest. While pursuing a better relationship with the believers in Corinth, the apostle often used terms such as ‘we,’ ‘our,’ and ‘us.’ These pronouns can be understood in multiple ways; however, the manner in which they are comprehended sheds light on Paul’s agenda. In the analysis of 2 Corinthians 4: 8-18, the pronouns are best understood as being inclusive in terms of Paul, his followers, and the believers in Corinth.

In the book of Philemon about 61 A.D, Paul writes a letter from prison to Philemon, who was a slave owner in Colossae and a leader of in the church which was held in Philemon’s home. Paul’s reason for writing this letter to Philemon was a plea to request forgiveness for his runaway slave Onesimus, who became a new believer in Jesus Christ.

Harris calls Paul “the most influential apostle and missionary of the mid-first-century CE church and author of seven to nine New Testament letters” (H G-33). It would be quite an accolade to receive such recognition, but what makes it even more remarkable is that Paul, or Saul, (Saul was his Judean name and Paul was his Roman name (footnotes B 1943)) originally persecuted the ekklesia or “church”. Paul went from persecuting the ekklesia or “church” to being its “most influential apostle and missionary”. Why and how did Paul make such a drastic change? The answer to the question can be found in various books of the New Testament including some of the letters that Paul wrote. This answer also aids in the explanation of how and why Paul

In continuance of Romans chapter 5 verse 20, the next sentence of this verse reads as follows: “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound”, notice, the beginning portion of the sentence as stated just before the comma is implemented, it says, “But where sin abounded. What this means is, that where sin was exceedingly plentiful and beyond measure in the sense of it having dominion, it no longer abound having dominion over the lives of those who were born and shaped in iniquity, but instead are made free from this curse through Jesus Christ. Because of the grace of God, we were justified by faith unto redemption in salvation, praise God, sin is no longer present.

However, though Paul did not know much about rhetoric, he is being judged to the same extent as any Greco-Roman orator. Further, Litfin admits that the split in the church between Paul and Apollos was based on the fact that Paul was unskilled while the latter was an eloquent orator (P.156).

Good and virtuous leaders are exemplified throughout the bible, but what was required of these early church leaders and are the requisites applicable to modern leadership? As leaders continue to incorporate a biblical ethical component to their leadership practices, it is hoped that good ethical leader succession will be duplicated. This applied exegetical paper will utilize a socio-rhetorical criticism approach to convey what was expected of the early church leaders and how those expectations can relate to modern leaders. I will analyze Titus 1 a Pastoral Epistle written by Apostle Paul through the process of Social and Cultural Texture analysis. Then, the analysis will explore the virtue and ethical leadership ideas of the Apostle Paul. Lastly, this paper will highlight how the ethical concepts are applicable to modern leadership practices.

Exigence (why was it written) – Paul wishes to introduce himself to these Roman Christians in preparation for a future visitation; gather support for a possible fourth missionary journey to Spain; solicit their prayers for his upcoming visit to Jerusalem; and offer his pastoral counsel regarding any current or future problems that may arise (Powell,

So thisHowever, St John Paul II, in his catechesis on the analysis of knowledge and procreation, maintains that, “the knowledge which we find in (Gen 4:1-2), it is an indication of the deepest essence of the reality of married life and part of an awareness of the meaning of one’s body. He continue emphasizing that, “in conjugal knowledge, the woman is given to the man and he to her, since the body and sex directly enter into the structure and to the content of this knowledge” In his letter to Colossians, St Paul writes; “and I have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator” (Col 3:10). This reflects the holiness of our first couple who were created by image His likeness. Also, God gave them the

The author of this Epistle has been discussed by many scholars but is still undesignated. Even the original title of Hebrews was lost by the end of the first century. As a result in early church tradition around the second to fourth centuries many different opinions were discussed about who may have written Hebrews. The opinion that Paul wrote Hebrews didn’t even become prevalent until the fifth century. Hebrews is definitely so to speak “Entitled” to its place in the New Testament. The title of the book in the oldest Greek manuscript is simply “to the Hebrews”. However, its content reveals that the letter was written to Jewish Christians. The author use of the Septuagint (Which is the Greek translation of the Old Testament) when quoting from

In 1 Thessalonians, Paul in pleased with the church he has established there regardless of the short amount of time he was able to spend in Thessalonica and uses his letter as a means of answering the lingering questions of the Thessalonians and reminds them of their destinies. The situation in Corinth, however, is much different from that of Thessalonica; Paul is angered by the Corinthians lack of faith and warns them of their destinies if they continue to stray away from God. Paul begins his letter by reminding the church of Corinth of his destiny, he was called to be an apostle “by the will of God” (1 Cor 1:1). Shortly after this he tells the church about their own destiny, saying “He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor 1:8-9). One of the main problems occurring with the Corinthians is they are dividing over their leaders; Paul reminds them that they were chosen by God and not by himself or Apollos. Paul compares the Corinthians to plants and claims he and Apollos merely planted the seed and watered it but God was the only force in making the plant grow. The Corinthians are fighting over petty things which Paul does not think matter and he continuously tells them the only thing that should matter to them is God, because God is the one who has put them in Christ and prepared a future for all who believe in

The book of Titus is an Epistle written to Titus by Paul in approximately 66 A.D. The theme of the book is to guide and encourage Titus in his leadership role over the churches on the island of Crete.

The historical context of this Pauline letter shows the tension between Jewish people and Gentile people. In fact, Paul knows that this is enmity comes from centuries and both sides are not interested in pursuing any reconciliation. Therefore, besides the official records of the historian Josephus where it has been described the great hostility toward the Jewish community in Ephesus; historians do not have more additional information about this problem. In his epistle the Apostle Paul highlights that Jesus Christ has ended this enmity among these two nations by abolishing the Law. Paul’s argument makes a lot controversy among the religious people because they have a high standard of the Law, in fact, they would do everything to keep the Law.

The apostle Paul foresaw at the end of his life a great tsunami of attacks coming against the church of God. He responded with three letters. We call them the Pastoral Epistles: 1, 2 Timothy and Titus. After Paul’s first imprisonment, he visited different places including the Island of Crete, an Island only 160 miles long south of Greece and Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea. He wrote this letter to Titus around 62 A.D. from somewhere in Macedonia. Paul’s main objective is to encourage Titus and give instructions about Godly living as a young pastor. The churches in the Island of Crete needed leadership, correction and order thus Paul could not be everywhere. Paul at some time had visited the island of Crete for he says in Titus 1:5 “I left you

The book of Colossians is another letter among the Pauline tradition of letters. Nevertheless, scholars identify this particular composition as a prison letter, simply because it is assumed that Paul wrote the letter while in prison. As to whether this is true or not, it is unknown as it is hard for scholars to determine when and where the letter was actually written. Although this letter is presumed to be written by Paul, critics believe he was not the author for various reasons. First and foremost, this letter was written to the colossians at the church of colossae. The discrepancy here is that Paul did not write this letter because he was not the founder of the church, yet the letter was written under his name. In fact, the church was founded by an individual named epaphras who was a missionary associate of Paul during one of his four missionary Journeys. Some critics even believe that the letter could have been written around the same time as Philemon as both letters are closely related in their subject matter.

The Book of Romans was written in 60AD (Ross, 6). The author is very well known to be Paul, who also wrote 13 other New Testament epistles. The book of Romans was written by Paul from the city of Corinth (Ross, 6). Paul is a very inspirational character in the Bible, it is obvious to see why God used a man such as Paul. Paul had not always known the Lord, in fact he used to kill anyone who did claim to know the Messiah. Paul was radically converted and saved, from then on he lived his life proclaiming Christ to anyone who would listen. He traveled on three missionary journeys proclaiming the Gospel to all people, just as we are called to go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel. The book of Romans is one of the simplest books to read, it can be easily understood and is pretty straightforward. This book was addressed to the church in Rome, which was at the center of the city, a very big trading spot that held over one million people (Edwards, 1013). The church has already been established in Rome before Paul had been there, they ha a church for the Jews and a church for the Gentiles (BLB, 3).