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I don't think he was appealing to an earlier letter to prove a point, I think he was just passing on a piece of information that is not well known. At least that is what I was doing, it was simply a point that is not commonly recognized that there are more than two letters to the Corinthians, but only two were canonized as scripture.
1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to keep company with fornicators.
Paul's letters, epistles, were widely circulated among the churches. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that there is a missing letter to the Corinthians. Just another rabbit trail to lead souls away from Christ.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Paul's letters, epistles, were widely circulated among the churches. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that there is a missing letter to the Corinthians. Just another rabbit trail to lead souls away from Christ.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
If one believes that this is the case...
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Then they would conclude that God inspired the preservation and canonization of scripture. We have the Bible God intended for us to have.
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Then they would conclude that God inspired the preservation and canonization of scripture. We have the Bible God intended for us to have.
This gets into an interesting area. Was everything (not in Scripture) that the apostles said...on par with Scripture?
I would think not, since Peter according to Paul was in gross error when he removed himself from the Gentiles at the approach of the circumcision party from James (Gal 2:12). Even though Peter was not writing at the moment, his actions spoke louder than words...and they weren't inspired.
I would think not, since Peter according to Paul was in gross error when he removed himself from the Gentiles at the approach of the circumcision party from James (Gal 2:12). Even though Peter was not writing at the moment, his actions spoke louder than words...and they weren't inspired.
Well, let's be fair here. Bible is the word you may be looking for: "God's providence saw that it was not part of the Bible." Bible is from Latin biblia ('books'; biblioteca is Spanish for 'library'), but Scripture refers specifically to holy, God-inspired writings. It appears apparent that there are Scriptures (holy, God-inspired writings) that did not make it into the Bible (the 'books' as in biblia). Jude quotes Enoch, and the writers of the Books of Samuel, Chronicles, and Kings referenced other books written by prophets and men of God that didn't make the canon.
To say that Paul wrote a whole letter that was un-inspired and then wrote two inspired ones is a stretch. Firstly, Paul said several times in 1Cor. that some of the things he commanded were from him and others from the Lord. If he wasn't 'fully inspired' when he wrote 1Cor. 14, when was he fully inspired? It becomes rational, however, when you differentiate 'Bible' from 'Scripture' (after all, many God-inspired proclamations in Bible times didn't make it into the Bible): man comprised the former (Bible), and God issued the latter (Scripture). Apparently, not all holy Scripture was recorded for us in the Bible; but in the Bible, we still have everything we need with nothing missing.
To say that Paul wrote a whole letter that was un-inspired and then wrote two inspired ones is a stretch. Firstly, Paul said several times in 1Cor. that some of the things he commanded were from him and others from the Lord. If he wasn't 'fully inspired' when he wrote 1Cor. 14, when was he fully inspired? It becomes rational, however, when you differentiate 'Bible' from 'Scripture' (after all, many God-inspired proclamations in Bible times didn't make it into the Bible): man comprised the former (Bible), and God issued the latter (Scripture). Apparently, not all holy Scripture was recorded for us in the Bible; but in the Bible, we still have everything we need with nothing missing.