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Tracing the Growth of PaulI have used several sources to order the probable date of writing of Paul's epistles and pastoral letters.
*First is F.F.Bruce, The New Testament Documents, Are They Reliable? ©1984 (first publ. 1943).
**Second is Merrill F. Unger, Unger's Guide to the Bible, ©1974.
***Third is The New Oxford Annotated Bible, Bruce M. Metzger and Roland E. Murphy editors, ©1973.
****Finally Nelson's KJV Study Bible.
1 Thessalonians 1:1: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ
2 Thessalonians 1:1: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
Galatians 1:1-2: Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia
1 Corinthians 1:1: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother
2 Corinthians 1:1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia
Romans 1:1: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God
Philipians 1:1: Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons
Colossians 1:1-2: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse
Philemon 1:1: Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer, And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house
Ephesians 1:1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus
1 Timothy 1:1-2: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith
Titus 1:1-4: Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; To Titus, mine own son after the common faith
2 Timothy 1:1-2: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dearly beloved son
There is no customary greeting at the beginning of Hebrews. This and other stylistic differences causes several scholars to doubt that the book is written by Paul, but rather by one of his students. Eusebius and others assume the difference to be caused by having originally been composed in Hebrew and later translated by someone other than Paul.
