Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians

by Wright, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780664227852
• ISBN10: 0664227856
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Tom Wright's eye-opening comments on these letters are combined, passage-by-passage, with his fresh and inviting new translation of the Bible text. Making use of his true scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Wright captures the tension and excitement of the time as the letters seek to assert Paul's authority and his teaching against other influences.Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Map	xi
GALATIANS
Galatians 1.1-9 Paul's Distress Over the Galatians	3	(3)
Galatians 1.10-17 Paul's Conversion and Call	6	(3)
Galatians 1.18-24 Paul's First Visit to Peter	9	(4)
Galatians 2.1-5 Standing Firm Against Opposition	13	(4)
Galatians 2.6-10 Paul's Agreement with Peter and James	17	(3)
Galatians 2.11-14 Paul Confronts Peter in Antioch	20	(3)
Galatians 2.15-21 Justified by Faith, Not Works of Law	23	(4)
Galatians 3.1-9 God's Promise and Abraham's Faith	27	(4)
Galatians 3.10-14 Redeemed from the Law's Curse	31	(4)
Galatians 3.15-22 Christ the Seed, Christ the Mediator	35	(4)
Galatians 3.23-29 The Coming of Faith	39	(4)
Galatians 4.1-7 The Son and the Spirit	43	(4)
Galatians 4.8-11 The True God and the False Gods	47	(4)
Galatians 4.12-20 Paul's Appeal to His Children	51	(4)
Galatians 4.21-31 Abraham's Two Sons	55	(5)
Galatians 5.1-6 Freedom in Christ	60	(3)
Galatians 5.7-12 Warnings Against Compromise	63	(4)
Galatians 5.13-21 The Law and the Spirit	67	(4)
Galatians 5.22-26 Fruit of the Spirit	71	(3)
Galatians 6.1-5 Bearing One Another's Burdens	74	(3)
Galatians 6.6-10 Practical Support in the Church	77	(3)
Galatians 6.11-18 Boasting in the Cross	80	(7)
1 THESSALONIANS
1 Thessalonians 1.1-5 The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica	87	(3)
1 Thessalonians 1.6-10 The Thessalonians' Faith	90	(3)
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8 Paul's Ministry in Thessalonica	93	(4)
1 Thessalonians 2.9-12 Paul's Fatherly Concern	97	(3)
1 Thessalonians 2.13-16 The Persecuted Church	100	(4)
1 Thessalonians 2.17-20 Paul's Joy and Crown	104	(3)
1 Thessalonians 3.1-5 The Sending of Timothy	107	(3)
1 Thessalonians 3.6-10 Timothy's Report	110	(3)
1 Thessalonians 3.11-13 Paul's Words of Blessing	113	(3)
1 Thessalonians 4.1-8 Instructions on Holy Living	116	(4)
1 Thessalonians 4.9-12 A Life of Love	120	(2)
1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 The Lord's Coming	122	(4)
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11 Children of Light	126	(3)
1 Thessalonians 5.12-22 Final Exhortations	129	(4)
1 Thessalonians 5.23-28 Final Blessings and Charge	133	(6)
2 THESSALONIANS
2 Thessalonians 1.1-7a Greetings and Thanksgiving	139	(3)
2 Thessalonians 1.7b-12 The Coming of Jesus	142	(3)
2 Thessalonians 2.1-12 The Lawless One	145	(4)
2 Thessalonians 2.13-17 Exhortation to Steadfastness	149	(3)
2 Thessalonians 3.1-5 Requests for Prayer	152	(3)
2 Thessalonians 3.6-13 The Dangers of Idleness	155	(3)
2 Thessalonians 3.14-18 Final Remarks	158	(5)
Glossary	163