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What does Romans 15:21 relate to?

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Romans 15:19-21 says: {19} …from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; {20} and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, {21} but as it is written, […]

What happen to Silas after he and Paul separated?

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Almost everything we know about Silas comes in Acts 15-18. From these four chapters we learn He was a leader in the Jerusalem church around AD 50 (Acts 15:22). He was a prophet (Acts 15:32). He was a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37). He was sent to Antioch to encourage and strengthen the church, and to […]

What was Paul’s thorn in the flesh?

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Paul mentions this in 2 Corinthians 12: So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,  a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should […]

Did Paul write Romans?

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The person who asked this question highlighted the contrast between Rom. 1:1 — which says the letter to the Romans is from Paul — and Rom. 16:22, which says: I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. In this situation, Tertius is working as Paul’s secretary, writing down the words that Paul […]