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P A U L I N E   E P I S T L E S

I.
TOTAL LETTERS WRITTEN BY PAUL RECORDED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
  Romans
I Corinthians
II Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
I Thessalonians
II Thessalonians
I Timothy
II Timothy
Titus
Philemon
(Hebrews?)
  13 TOTAL   (More were written than recorded.)


II.
PROBABLE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE WRITTEN
  I Thessalonians
- A.D.51
Romans
- 58
(Hebrews?)
- A.D.60-63?
  II Thessalonians
- 52
Ephesians
- 60-63?
I Timothy
- 65
  I Corinthians
- 57
Philippians
- 60-63?
Titus
- 65
  II Corinthians
- 57
Colossians
- 60-63?
II Timothy
- 67
  Galatians
- 58
Philemon
- A.D. 60-63?
 
 


III.
4 WRITTEN FROM CORINTH
  I Thessalonians   (During 2nd Missionary Journey)
II Thessalonians   (During 2nd Missionary Journey)
Galatians   (Because of the similarity of these 2, it is thought that Galatians was penned shortly before Romans during his 3rd Missionary Journey)
Romans


IV.
1 WRITTEN FROM EPHESUS
  I Corinthians   (During 3rd Missionary Journey)


V.
1 WRITTEN FROM MACEDONIA   (Philippi or Thessalonica)
  II Corinthians   (During 3rd Missionary Journey)


VI.
4 WRITTEN DURING HIS FIRST ROMAN IMPRISONMENT
  Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
Philemon
[Hebrews?   If Paul did write Hebrews, then it was probably penned during this time. See Heb.13:23-24. We do know that Timothy did accompany Paul to Rome.]


VII.
2 WRITTEN DURING HIS LATER TRAVELS
  I Timothy
Titus


VIII.
1 WRITTEN DURING HIS SECOND ROMAN IMPRISONMENT
  II Timothy

See also Pauline Dates.