Bible Characters · Intermediate · ABOUT 175 MINUTES
Follow Paul from persecutor to apostle through conversion, mission, conflict, suffering, theology, and perseverance
Primary passage: Acts 9:4
Read Acts 9:4 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on encounter with christ and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Acts 13:47
Read Acts 13:47 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on called to the nations and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: 2 Corinthians 12:9
Read 2 Corinthians 12:9 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on strength in weakness and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: 2 Timothy 4:7
Read 2 Timothy 4:7 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on finishing the race and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
