Life of Paul - His Ministry of Writing by Inspiration Begins with the Letter to the Congregations of Galatia

Introduction to the Life of Paul

Series on the Life of Paul

Possible Date: 48-57 A.D. (49)

• Some would say,  53 (early in the year) Galatians was written from Antioch (in Syria) after Paul rebukes Peter for separating himself from Gentile converts but before the start of the third missionary journey.

Scripture: Book of Galatians

NOTE: There are various possibilities for the date of writing the book of Galatians.

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Some believe this is Paul's first letter written. If not, it certainly was one of the early ones. Some would place it on the 3rd Preaching tour.

 Paul wrote Galatians - Galatians 1:1-2

§  Purpose: To verify his apostleship and the gospel of justification by faith in Christ

§  Theme: Stand fast in the liberty of the gospel

§  Brief Outline:

1.   Defense of his apostleship - Galatians 1:1-2:21

2.   Defense of the gospel of justification by faith - Galatians 3:1-4:31

3.   The call to stand fast in the liberty of the gospel - Galatians 5:1-6:18

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Chronology of Acts and the Epistles

Event	Reference	Year (AD)
Descent of the Holy Spirit	Acts 2:1-13	30
Setting Up of the Church	Acts 2:40-47	30
First Persecutions (Illustration)	Acts 4:1-22; 5:21-42; 7:1-60	35
Philip at Samaria	Acts 8:4-13	35
Conversion of Saul (Illustration)	Acts 9:1-9	36
First Gentile Converted	Acts 10:1-48	40
Founding of Church at Antioch	Acts 11:19-30	43
Writing of Matthew's Gospel	Matthew	43
James Killed by Herod	Acts 12:1-25	45
Paul's Call	Acts 13:1-3	47
His First Missionary Journey Begun (Map)	Acts 13:4-14:28	48
Council at Jerusalem	Acts 15:6-35	50
Second Missionary Journey Begun (Map)	Acts 15:39-18:22	51
Writing of I Thessalonians	I Thessalonians	52
Writing of II Thessalonians	II Thessalonians	53
Third Missionary Journey Begun (Map)	Acts 18:23-21:17	54
Writing of I Corinthians	I Corinthians	57
Writing of Galatians	Galatians	57
Writing of II Corinthians	II Corinthians	58
Writing of Romans	Romans	58
Writing of Luke's Gospel	Luke	59
Paul's Arrest at Jerusalem	Acts 21:26-22:29	58
Paul at Caesarea	Acts 23:23-26:32	59
Paul Starts for Rome	Acts 27:1-2	60
Paul Reaches Rome	Acts 28:11-16a	61
Paul's Imprisonment at Rome	Acts 28:16-31	62
Paul Writes Ephesians	Ephesians	62
Paul Writes Philippians	Philippians	62
Paul Writes Colossians	Colossians	62
Paul Writes Philemon	Philemon	62
James Writes his Epistle	James	62
I Peter Written	I Peter	63
Acts Written	Acts	63
Paul is Acquitted	-	63
Paul Visits Various Places	-	63
Paul Writes Hebrews	Hebrews	63
Paul Writes I Timothy	I Timothy	63
Paul Writes Titus	Titus	63
Writing of Mark's Gospel	Mark	64
II Peter Written	II Peter	65
Paul's Second Imprisonment at Rome	-	65
II Timothy Written	II Timothy	66
Martyrdom of Paul	-	66
Destruction of Jerusalem	-	71
Jude's Epistle Written	Jude	75
Writing of John's Gospel	John	85
Writing of John's Three Epistles	I John; II John; III John	90
John's Visions at Patmos	Revelation 1:9	96
Revelation Written	Revelation	97
Death of John	-	100

Consideration for the Chronology of Paul’s Writings

 

1^st Missionary Journey (45-47 AD)

• No books were written in the Bible

Jerusalem Conference (48-50 AD)

1. Galatians             (Various Dates from 48-57 AD) Personally lean toward 49-50 AD

2^nd Missionary Journey (51-54 AD)

2. 1 Thessalonians                           (50-51 AD)                          Written from Corinth
3. 2 Thessalonians                           (51-52 AD)                          Written from Corinth

3^rd Missionary Journey (54-58 AD)

4. 1 Corinthians                                (55-56 AD)                          Written from Ephesus
5. 2 Corinthians                                (56-57 AD)                          Written from Macedonia
6. Romans                                        (56-58 AD)                          Written from Corinth

First Roman Imprisonment (61-63 AD)

7. Colossians                                   (61-63 AD)                     Written from Rome
8. Philemon                                      (61-63 AD)                     Written from Rome
9. Ephesians                                    (61-63 AD)                     Written from Rome
10. Philippians                                   (61-63 AD)                     Written from Rome

Between First & Second Imprisonment (63-67 AD)

11. 1 Timothy                                     (63-66 AD)              Possibly written from Macedonia
12. Titus                                             (63-66 AD)              Possibly written from Ephesus

Second Roman Imprisonment (68 AD)

13. 2 Timothy                                     (64-67 AD)                          Written from Rome

 

Many believed that Paul wrote the book of Hebrews. If he did, that would bring the total number of Pauline books to 14 of the New Testament writings.

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