The Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Romans — the apostle sends the epistle ahead of his coming to Rome;
1 Corinthians — rebuke of the incestuous man, of the forming of parties, of disorders at the suppers, of exalting oneself over the gift of tongues;
2 Corinthians — proofs of his apostleship, encouragement to give donations;
Galatians — rebuke of the false teaching about the necessity of circumcision for Christians;
Ephesians — communication about the contemplation of God’s mysteries, consolation of the sorrowing;
Philippians — a greeting epistle to the church that loved the apostle most;
Colossians — against false teachings and a mixture of the false teachings of Gnosticism, philosophy and Judaism;
1 Thessalonians — consolation concerning the fate of the dead, healing of moral ills;
2 Thessalonians — clarification of the teaching about the Second Coming;
1 Timothy — support and instruction at a time when false teachers were growing stronger in Ephesus;
2 Timothy — the apostle’s testament before his death;
Titus — giving Titus authority among the Cretans;
Philemon — the desire to reconcile Philemon with his slave Onesimus;
Hebrews — the falling away of Christians into Judaism, testimony to the superiority of the New Covenant over the Old, encouragement of Christians to endure sorrows.
