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Prison Letters Four New Testament letters (sometimes called the “Captivity Letters”) attributed to the Apostle Paul: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. In each of these letters, Paul mentions that he is a prisoner (Eph 3:1, 4:1; Phil 1:7, 12–14, 17; Col 4:3, 10; Phlm 1, 9, 13, 23). (The Pastoral Letters also might have been written from prison, but these are grouped separately.)
The Prison Letters could have been sent from Caesarea, where Paul was imprisoned for two years (Acts 24:27), or from Rome, where he spent two years under house arrest (Acts 28:16, 30). They also might have originated from Ephesus, although the New Testament provides no record of Paul being imprisoned there.
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