| A | B |
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| Galations | In this letter, Paul speaks most clearly about justification by faith |
| Philippians | sent during the beginning of his house arrest to his first community established in what we know has Europe, Paul sends his thanks for their concern |
| Romans | The most articulate of Paul's letters. He traces God's gift of salvation from Adam to |
| Philemon | The shortest of Paul's letters sent to a friend about his relationship with his slave |
| 1 Corinthians | In this letter Paul addresses the primacy of love |
| Ephesians | This letter does not open with thanks; instead it begins with a blessing |
| 1 Thessalonians | Probably the first letter written |
| James | This letter is attributed to an apostle that knew Jesus personally and reads more like a sermon than a letter |
| 1,2, and 3 John | Three letters written in the same tradition and using the same themes as the authors of the Gospel of John |
| 1 Peter | A central theme is that Jesus is the Suffering Servant, the model in whose footsteps the suffering should walk |
| 2 Peter and Jude | Letters which are concerned with Christians who were beginning to distort the true teaching they received |
| Hebrews | The authorship of this Letter is unknown and the audience is probably Jewish Christians because the assumption is they are very familiar with teachings of the Torah and Jesus is compared and contrasted with key people and events from Israel's history |
