How did Paul appeal to Jewish people during his years of ministry before prison?
During about twenty-five years, from roughly 40 A.D. until his imprisonment around 64 or 65 A.D., Paul continually appealed to Jewish people on the basis of the Old Testament. He also had written Romans, which is the Book of Doctrine.
Les explains that Paul’s ministry involved missionary journeys out of Palestine, or the land of Israel, into Asia Minor, beginning about 40 A.D. and centering around Antioch in Syria. During the roughly twenty-five years from 40 A.D. until he went to prison, probably in 64 or 65 A.D., Les says Paul was constantly appealing to the Jew on the basis of the Old Testament. By this time Paul had written Romans, the Book of Doctrine. The surrounding context also notes that I and II Thessalonians were likely written first, about 57 or 58 A.D., even though the Holy Spirit placed them at the end of the letters to the churches in the New Testament order.