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NASB | 2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 1:1 ¶ Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed) by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, |
Subject: Four Missionary Journeys? |
Bible Note: Dear Steve The NASB says that first Paul went to prison in Rome and that after he went on the fourth missionary journey. According to what you are saying, some see the trip to Rome through Miletus as the fourth missionary journey? So then the journey to Miletus took place before the first Roman prison sentence. Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Titus were written by Paul while he served this first prison sentence between 60 AD and 62 AD. 1 Timothy and Titus were written after he got out of prison in 64 AD and 66-68 AD before the next Roman prison sentence. The NASB introduction to 2 Timothy says as that it was written after the first Roman imprisonment on some kind of fourth journey. What you are saying is that some say that the fourth missionary journey may have happened while on the way to Rome the first time. That would perhaps date 2 Timothy before Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Titus, Philippians, and 1 Timothy. That is if I was to try to put the information of what you say some say together with the dates of the books written in prison and it doesn't quite work out. But if I divorce when 2 Timothy was written from the fourth missionary journey, then what you have said works out just fine as an answer to my question about there being three journeys instead of four. Now I am up in the air and am not too sure what to believe about if there were three or four missionary journeys. tumbleweed, God's Own |