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PRISON LETTERS

The four letters (Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians, and Philemon) in the Pauline corpus that claim to have been penned while Paul was in prison (Eph. 3:1; 4:1; Col. 4:3, 10, 18; Phil. 1:7, 13-14, 16-17; Phlm. 1, 9-10, 13, 23). Traditionally, Paul’s Roman imprisonment has been considered the most likely place of their origin (Acts 28), and this still remains the view of the majority of scholars, at least for those letters that scholars regard as genuinely written by Paul. However, a strong case can also be made for Caesarea (Acts 23:33–26:32) or Ephesus (cf. 1 Cor. 15:32; 2 Cor. 1:8-10). The evidence is not conclusive. Some would assign Philippians to a different imprisonment than the other three prison letters. Of course, if Ephesians or Colossians are pseudonymous, their prison setting is then of little historical value. Although 2 Timothy also asserts a prison origin (2 Tim. 1:8), it is normally grouped with the Pastoral Epistles (1-2 Timothy, Titus).

Kent L. Yinger

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PRISON LETTERS

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)