How would Paul have reacted if he knew his letters would become Scripture?
Paul would have been aghast if he could have seen down through history what his writings would become. He wrote as the Holy Spirit inspired him, sending letters by courier to churches, and did not realize they would become the Canon of Scripture.
Les explains that Paul did not know his letters would become Scripture and would have been aghast if he could have seen down through the corridor of history what his writings would become. Paul simply wrote as the Holy Spirit inspired him, fired the letter off to various churches by courier, and had no idea this was going to become what we call the Canon of Scripture. Les notes that whether Paul knew it or not, he put it out under the format of first doctrine, then reproof, then correction, and then instruction in righteousness. Les then begins to put together a timeline of Paul's epistles, starting with letters from his early missionary travels after leaving Antioch, going into Asia Minor, Antioch of Pisidia, Derbe, and Lystra, and later on his second journey over to Greece, Athens, and Thessalonica.