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The New Testament letters
The New Testament (NASB)
Themes in the New Testament

The New Testament Books

GROUP	DESCRIPTION		BOOKS	CHRONOLOGICAL	DATE?
HISTORY	Gospels	Synoptic Gospel	MATTHEW	Galatians	40
			MARK	James	50
			LUKE	1 Thessalonians	50
			JOHN	2 Thessalonians	50
			ACT	1 Corinthians	60
The Letters	The letters of paul	Doctrinal Letters	ROMANS	2 Corinthians	60
			1 CORINTHIANS	Romans	60
			2 CORINTHIANS	Mark	60
			GALATIANS	Philemon	61
			EPHESIANS	Colossians	61
			PHILIPPIANS	Ephesians	62
			COLOSSIANS	Luke	60
			1 THESSALONIANS	Acts	61
			2 THESSALONIANS	Philippians	62
		Pastoral Letters	1 TIMOTHY	1 Timothy	63
			2 TIMOTHY	Titus	63
			TITUS	2 Timothy	70
			PHILEMON	1 Peter	70
		Universal Letters	HEBREWS	2 Peter	70
			JAMES	Matthew	60
			1 PETER	Hebrews	60
			2 PETER	Jude	60
			1 JOHN	John	70
			2 JOHN	2 John	70
			3 JOHN	1 John	70
			JUDE	3 John	100
			REVELATION	Revelation	100

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The New Testament Letters

The word Aepistole is a Greek word that means Aa written message.

From the word Aepistole comes the word Aepistolary which is used top describe this specific form of literature.

This where we get the term Aepistle@ from, which refers to the letters in the NT.

With a slight grammatical change, Paul transforms his letters into Christian terms:

He changes the usual Ajoy(chara in Greek) and Apeace@ (eirene in Greek) to

Agrace (charis in Greek) and Apeace@.

20th Century Letters Contemporary	1st Century Letters (Ancient)
Location / Date Name of the recipient Greetings Body Salutation Name of sender	Name of the sender Name of recipient Greeting Prayer of blessing / thanks giving Body Salutation

Let us observe how some of the other New Testament letters meet the above criteria.

Philemon

Galatians

Titus

James

I John

Name of Sender

Paul and Timothy.

Paul

James 1:1

We, I not a beginning

Name of Recipient

Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, house ch.

churches of Galatia v.2

Titus v.4

12 tribes of the dispersion

1:1

beloved

Greetings

Grace and peace v.3

Grace and peace v.4

Greetings

v.1

Prayer of Blessing/

Thanksgiving

v.4-7

Body

v.8 - 21

22?

v.6 I am

astonished

v.5 spiritual leadership

1:2

end

5:19

v.1

Benediction

v.23 - 25

v.18

V.15

v.21 Little

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New Testament New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Book	Chapters
Matthew	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Mark	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Luke	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
John	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Acts	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Romans	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Corinthians	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2 Corinthians	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Galatians	1 2 3 4 5 6
Ephesians	1 2 3 4 5 6
Philippians	1 2 3 4
Colossians	1 2 3 4
1 Thessalonians	1 2 3 4 5
2 Thessalonians	1 2 3
1 Timothy	1 2 3 4 5 6
2 Timothy	1 2 3 4
Titus	1 2 3
Philemon	1
Hebrews	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
James	1 2 3 4 5
1 Peter	1 2 3 4 5
2 Peter	1 2 3
1 John	1 2 3 4 5
2 John	1
3 John	1
Jude	1
Revelation	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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Themes in the New Testament

Matthew
1. Kingdom of heaven

2. Old Testament predictions fulfilled in Jesus
Mark
1. Authority and power of Jesus (miracles)

2. Suffering and persecution

3. Servanthood

4. Tell/don’t tell (veiled or unveiled Messiah)

Luke
1. Kingdom of God

2. Money and power

3. Jesus for everyone: poor, women, tax collectors, etc…
John
1. Eternal life

2. Faith/belief and evangelism

3. Discipleship

4. Jesus divinity

5. Father/Son/Holy Spirit relationship

Acts
1. Evangelism & missions strategy

2. Persecution and the gospel

3. Holy Spirit

4. Power of the gospel
Romans
1. Unity/disunity

2. Justification (faith and the law)

1 Corinthians
1. love

2. pride & wisdom

3. Corinthian slogans/sayings
2 Corinthians
1. strength in weakness

2. Paul’s defense

3. Super apostles: accusations and teaching

Galatians
1. Faith vs. works

2. freedom

Ephesians
1. spiritual warfare

2. unity/disunity

3. identity in Christ

Philippians
1. unity

2. humility & servanthood

3. joy in suffering
Colossians
1. fullness of believer in Christ

2. fullness of deity in Christ

1 Thessalonians

1. suffering & persecution

2. encouragement
2 Thessalonians
1. second coming

2. eternal perspective

1 Timothy
1. false teaching & sound doctrine

2. church leadership

3. living out sound doctrine
2 Timothy
1. suffering & endurance

2. fulfilling call; preaching gospel

Titus
1. grace

2. good deeds

3. sound doctrine
Philemon
1. social equality

2. reconciliation

Hebrews
1. supremacy of Christ

2. warnings; don’t turn back

3. endurance & faithfulness

4. Old and New covenants
James
1. rich/poor

2. faith/works

3. wisdom

1 Peter
1. suffering

2. example of Christ

3. holy living

2 Peter
1. false teachers

2. 2nd coming

1 John
1. love

2. abiding/ living in light

3. eternal life/security

4. Christian fellowship
2 John
1. false teachers

2. truth

3 John
1. hospitality

2. truth
Jude 1. false teachers

Revelation
1. endurance

2. justice and wrath of God

3. evangelism & witness

4. worship

5. role of the church

6. strategy of the enemy

7. conquering/ victory of Christ and saints

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