Paul of Tarsus

When did Paul live?

Paul of Tarsus is dated c. 5 – c. 64/67 in the archive, which places Paul in the Apostolic Age (AD 4–70). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

What did Paul write?

Paul of Tarsus has 14 catalogued writings in the archive: Epistle to the Romans, Epistle to the Philippians, Second Epistle to Timothy and First Epistle to the Thessalonians, and 10 more.

Which early sources mention Paul?

Paul of Tarsus is named in 5 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna and The presbyter of Asia. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Paul from?

The archive associates Paul of Tarsus with Tarsus, Rome. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels… nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.

If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son.

Paul… when he had borne his testimony before the rulers, so departed from the world and went unto the holy place, having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance.

I do not enjoin you, as Peter and Paul did. They were apostles, I am a convict.

For neither I, nor any other such one, can come up to the wisdom of the blessed and glorified Paul, who… taught the word of truth accurately and stedfastly.

A man small of stature, with bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face of an angel.

The blessed apostle Paul himself, following the example of his predecessor John, writes by name to only seven churches.