12-16). (a) Advice and exhortation.
The Christian's duty to the church and his conduct outside
of it; duty to the state and society; duty of toleration and
supreme trust in Christ. (b) Salutations. Paul's
apology and explanation for addressing the Roman church.
Greetings to various persons and farewell words.

QUESTIONS

What can be said of the old faiths and the new? What was
the great question? The Jewish faith; how fulfilled in Christ?
What can be said of the heathen faith? What of the new faith in
Christ? What is the practical bearing of this group of Epistles
upon every day life? When written? Give some account of the
Galatians. When was the Epistle to the Galatians written?
What was the occasion and purpose? Give the principal divisions
and chief points. What can be said of the Epistles to the
Corinthians? When was the church founded? Give some account
of the city. What was the occasion and purpose of writing the
first Epistle to the Corinthians? What was the place and time?
What the thought of Christ. Give the principal divisions and
chief points. What was the occasion and purpose of writing the
Second Epistle? Place and time? Give the principal divisions
and chief points. When was the church at Rome founded?
What was the occasion and purpose of writing the Epistle to the
Romans? Time and Place? Central thought? Give the principal
divisions and chief points.

III. PAUL'S WRITINGS

STUDY IX

THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST

THIRD GROUP OF EPISTLES

COLOSSIANS. PHILEMON. EPHESIANS. PHILIPPIANS.

ANALYSIS

+The Question at Issue+--The Supremacy of Christ. Reason for
Raising this Question. The Answer to the Question.
Present Day Attention.

+The Writing of the Epistles+--The Interest. The Sending of the
Epistles.

+The Epistle to the Colossians+--The Church at Colossae. The
Occasion. Central Thought. Time and Place of Writing.
Principal Divisions and Chief Points.

+The Epistle to Philemon+--Occasion. Principal Divisions and
Chief Points.

+The Epistle to the Ephesians+--The City and the Church. Title
and Time of Writing. Subject. Principal Divisions and
Chief Points.

+The Epistle to the Philippians+--The City and the Church.
Occasion. Objects. Time of Writing. Principal Divisions and
Chief Points.

III. PAUL'S WRITINGS

STUDY IX

THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST

THIRD GROUP OF EPISTLES

COLOSSIANS. PHILEMON. EPHESIANS. PHILIPPIANS.

THE