Nielsen’s Nook

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

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