Which letters are included in the unfolding of the church epistles of Paul?
The unfolding of Paul's church epistles includes Romans, the letters to the Corinthians, Galatians, and the first and second Thessalonian letters. It also moves into the prison epistles—Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians—written from his imprisonment beginning with Acts 28.
Les explains that before starting Ephesians, he had one more segment in the unfolding of the church epistles of Paul, namely the first and second Thessalonian letters. He reminds listeners they had come through Paul's original ministry especially in Asia Minor, Greece, and Corinth, then the letter to the Romans, the letters to the Corinthians, the letter to the Galatians, and then beginning with Acts 28. From prison, Paul writes what are called the prison letters or prison epistles: Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, which are a jump up doctrinally in depth and understanding.