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INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS (Part 2):

Secondly, scripture is good for reproof. ELEGCHOS is the Greek word and it is used in the judicial system for bringing about a conviction. I and II Corinthians is the letter for reproof or conviction. Galatians is the third category. He says that the scripture is good for correction, and the book of Galatians is written to correct false teaching.

And by the way, Galatians is considered to be a shorter version of the book of Romans. Galatians is only 6 chapters long. Romans is 16 and very thorough. And the book of Galatians was written to counter false teaching. So, he's always comparing the false teaching with the correct teaching. But the book of Romans is just straight teaching, just the doctrine of the Christian faith.

So, the correction letter is Galatians, and then everything from Ephesians through Philemon is called "for instruction in righteousness." So, Paul himself seems to have, or the writers of the New Testament (the various councils), as they put the scriptures together, they put it together with doctrine, conviction or reproof, correction, and then from Ephesians to Philemon we have instruction in righteousness.

The last book of the historical section is the book of Acts. And as I mentioned before, both Luke and Acts used to travel together as one book. Luke the doctor, he wrote the gospel of Luke and the book of Acts. It used to be part 1 and part 2. But later on in history, the two books were separated and began to be circulated separately.

And it is put behind the gospel section in our bibles. The book of Acts is the history of the church from the ascension of Christ to the death of Paul. So, with the gospels, and with Acts, we have the presentation of the ministry and teachings and activities of Christ prior to His birth, all the way to the death of Paul in Acts Chapter 28.