Nielsen’s Nook

Grant Osborne on Interpreting Paul, Part 3

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  1. Letters of friendship (cf. 2 Cor 1:16; 5:3; Phil 1:7–8)
  2. Family letters
  3. Letters of praise and blame (1 Cor 11; Rev 2–3)
  4. Exhortatory or paraenetic letters (1 Thess 1-5; the Pastorals)
  5. Letters of mediation or recommendation (Phil 2:19-30, Philemon)
  6. Juridical or forensic letters (1 Cor 9:3-12; 2 Cor 1:8-2:13)
  7. Private or documentary letters
  8. Official letters
  9. Literary letters
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