Format of Paul's Letters

How do you identify the Formal Greeting?

Blessing/Grace to You/ Come in Peace At the beginning

Identify the 13 Letters of the New Testament attributed to Paul

-Romans -1 Corinthians -2 Corinthians -Galatians -Ephesians -Philippians -Colossians -1 Thessalonians -2 Thessalonians -1 Timothy -2 Timothy -Titus -Philemon

What parts are included (know specific order) of the Beginning?

-Sender -Recipient -Formal Greeting -Thanksgiving

Personal Postscript

A final thought, or thought forgotten in the body of letter, P.S.

How do you identify the Ethical Admonition?

A piece of advice that is also warning someone about their behavior Warning of something.....different means of persuasion)

How do you identify the Initial Exhortation?

An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something......(urging someone to do something)

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit" (Phil 4:23)

Doxology or Prayer

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil-workers! Beware of the mutilation! For we are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh, although I myself have grounds for confidence even in the flesh" (Phil 3: 2-4)

Ethical Admonition

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus" (Phil 1:1)

Sender

How do you identify the Theological Discussion?

The suffering servant of what Jesus did Theo --> of God The study of knowing God through the theme of the letter by conversing with otherson the instructions for living

What are the 3 main sections of Paul's Letters?

-Beginning -Body (Instructions for the Community) -Conclusion (Farewell)

Identify the 8 Letters of the New Testament that weren't attributed to Paul

-Hebrews -James -1 Peter -2 Peter -1 John -2 John -3 John -Jude

What parts are included (know specific order) of the Body/Instructions for the Community?

-Initial Exhortation -Thesis Statement -Theological Discussion -Ethical Admonition

What parts are included (know specific order) of the Conclusion/Farewell?

-Practical Matters -Individual Greetings -Personal Postscript -Doxology or Prayer

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" (Phil 1:2)

Formal Greeting

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "Give my greetings to every holy one in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greeting; all the holy ones send you their greeting especially those Caesar's household" (Phil 4:21-22)

Individual Greetings

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "Only, conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear news of you, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind struggling together for the faith of the gospel, not intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is proof to them of destruction, but of your salvation and this God's doing" (Phil 1: 27-28)

Initial Exhortation

How do you identify the Thesis Statement?

Is the sentence that states the main idea of writing assignment and helps control the ideas within the paper or letter (For the sake of Christ......)

Practical Matters

Matters of concern for the community or for Paul, Luke, or community

Most of Paul's Letters don't have which part?

Personal Postscript

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "You Philippians indeed know that at the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, not a single church shared with me in an account of giving and receiving, except you alone. For even when I was at Thessalonica you sent me something for my needs, not only once but more than once. It is not that I am eager for the gift; rather, I am eager for the profit that accrues to your account" (Phil 4: 15-17)

Practical Matters

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "To all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers" (Phil 1:1)

Recipient

How do you identify the Thanksgiving?

Thanking them for who they are

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phil 1:3-6)

Thanksgiving

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others. Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Phil 2: 1-11)

Theological Discussion

Identify the exact part the verse(s) classifies into: "For to you has been granted, for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him" (Phil 1: 29)

Thesis Statement

How do you identify the Doxology or Prayer?

Usually will end the letter something like this: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit"

How do you identify the Individual Greeting?

Word greeting is usually in it