Les Feldick Bible Study

Which letters did Paul write from Rome while he was under house arrest?

The letters Paul wrote from Rome while under house arrest are Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. These four are known as the prison epistles because he was literally in prison, although his confinement was house arrest, not a dungeon. They were written during his Roman imprisonment.

Les explains that after Paul wrote Romans, four years later he wrote from Rome while in prison under house arrest. The letters he wrote are Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. Les notes these are called the prison epistles because Paul was literally in prison, but it was not a dungeon—it was house arrest. This period came after his earlier letters: the Thessalonian letters, Galatians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, and Romans.