The Order of Epistles
In the order they appear in the New Testament, the Pauline epistles are:
| Name |
Greek |
Latin |
Abbreviations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Min. | ||||
| Romans | Προς Ρωμαίους | Epistula ad Romanos | Rom | Ro | |
| First Corinthians | Προς Κορινθίους Α | Epistula I ad Corinthios | 1 Cor | 1C | |
| Second Corinthians | Προς Κορινθίους Β | Epistula II ad Corinthios | 2 Cor | 2C | |
| Galatians | Προς Γαλάτας | Epistula ad Galatas | Gal | G | |
| Ephesians | Προς Εφεσίους | Epistula ad Ephesios | Eph | E | |
| Philippians | Προς Φιλιππησίους | Epistula ad Philippenses | Phil | Phi | |
| Colossians | Προς Κολασσαείς | Epistula ad Colossenses | Col | C | |
| First Thessalonians | Προς Θεσσαλονικείς Α | Epistula I ad Thessalonicenses | 1 Thess | 1Th | |
| Second Thessalonians | Προς Θεσσαλονικείς Β | Epistula II ad Thessalonicenses | 2 Thess | 2Th | |
| First Timothy | Προς Τιμόθεον Α | Epistula I ad Timotheum | 1 Tim | 1T | |
| Second Timothy | Προς Τιμόθεον Β | Epistula II ad Timotheum | 2 Tim | 2T | |
| Titus | Προς Τίτον | Epistula ad Titum | Tit | T | |
| Philemon | Προς Φιλήμονα | Epistula ad Philemonem | Philem | P | |
All of these epistles present Paul as the author. Some classifications do include Hebrews, being anonymous, as a Pauline epistle instead of listing it with the general epistles, but authorship of Hebrews (as Paul's) was disputed from the earliest.
Formerly in many manuscripts of the New Testament, the Epistle to the Hebrews was located between other Pauline epistles:
- between Rom and 1 Cor in mss: Papyrus 46 and in minuscules: 103, 455, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1994.
- between 2 Cor and Gal (minuscules 1930, 1978, and 2248)
- between Gal and Eph,
- between 2 Thessalonians and 1 Timothy. This order used manuscripts: Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209, Codex Ephraemi, H, I, P, 0150, 0151, and about 60 minuscule codices (e.g. 218, 632).
Now Hebrews is placed at the end. This order was used by the manuscripts: Codex Claromontanus, Uncial 048, E, K, L and majority of minuscules.
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