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d written in the first letter; indignation at the arrogance of his opponents. #Galatians# The "magna charta of Christian liberty." Contains details of Paul's life. Salvation impossible through works of the law. Brief outline of plan of salvation as given in Romans. Its argument makes Christianity not a Jewish sect but a world religion. #Ephesians# On the Ideal Church. Written to strengthen those who had left heathenism, contrasting their present higher life with the former degradation. #Philippians# On the Ideal Christian. Written during Paul's first imprisonment in Rome--a letter of grateful affection, of joy over the Philippian Christians, and comment upon his imprisonment and prospects. #Colossians# On the Ideal Saviour. The supremacy of Christ as the source of all spiritual blessings; the stimulus of Paul's own example in pressing on to the truth; a warning against false teachings; the effect of sharing in Christ's resurrection. #1 and 2 Thessalonians# (1) Gratitude for their acceptance of the Gospel; the glories of resurrection and of the transformed body; (2) To correct an impression that the resurrection was near at hand; exhortations to perseverance, and appeals for the prayers of the Thessalonians. #1 and 2 Timothy# To counteract the Judaizing influence at work against Paul's views of Christianity, and to encourage Timothy in his duties, with directions as to public worship, and friendly counsel to Timothy. #Titus# Advice as to the course to pursue in helping the church in Crete to overcome degenerate state; church organization, qualification of elders, suppression of false teachers; personal words to Titus; the importance of good works. #Philemon# A letter of reconciliation on behalf of Philemon's converted slave Onesimus, by whom the letter was taken to Philemon. #Hebrews# Showing the superiority of the Christian over the Jewish dispensation, because its Author is superior to Moses; because the Old Covenant was incomplete; and warnings against relapses into Judaism. The Epistles--General #James# An Epistle of Faith. Addressed to Jewish Christians, on sincerity and patience; against hypocrisy, self-deceit, adulation of the rich, and contempt of the poor; on ruli
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