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Paul and His Converts: How Paul Nurtured the Churches He Planted is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this commentary on five of Paul’s letters—to the churches in Corinth, Thessalonica, and Philippi—F. F. Bruce focuses on Paul’s pastoral care and the growth of the people he loved so much. Since we face today so many of the problems and issues Paul and his converts faced, this book acts as a guide for growth. How can we encourage and build up fellow believers? How can we correct their...

When Paul commends the Corinthian Christians for maintaining “the traditions” (1 Corinthians 11:2), or when he urges the Thessalonian Christians to “hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thessalonians 2:15), he is probably referring to this body of teaching. It was so well known that those who flouted it could be reprimanded for not living “in accord with the tradition that you received from us” (2 Thessalonians 3:6). And this tradition is something