How do the prison epistles compare doctrinally to Paul's earlier letters?
The prison epistles—Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians—are a jump up doctrinally in depth and understanding from Paul's earlier letters. Earlier letters include Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, and Thessalonians from his original ministry in Asia Minor, Greece, and Corinth. This marks a clear doctrinal progression.
Les teaches that the prison epistles—Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians—were written from Paul's imprisonment beginning with Acts 28. He contrasts them with Paul's earlier letters: the Thessalonian letters, Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians, which came from Paul's original ministry in Asia Minor, Greece, and Corinth. Les explains that the prison epistles are a jump up doctrinally in depth and understanding from those earlier writings.