paul's letters

The Christian movement in the time of Paul, was one of confusion and disorder. In Paul’s letters to the Galatians, we see that he had to deal with those who were spreading false word. Also, he was struggling to let the Christians know, not to follow the word of Judaism anymore. That one should not practice Circumcisions and follow the Jewish diet. When it came to the Corinthians, Paul’s letters show that they were confused about the ideas of marriage and sexual behavior, according to the word of Christ. Paul had to work with the Galatians, Corinthians and the Thessalonians to help them understand the true word of God and what it meant.

It was evident that the ideas of Christianity were spreading quickly, but almost too quickly during this time. Many Jews/Gentiles were having the word of God preached to them. But this movement happened so quickly that the word had gotten skewed and distorted from one person to another.

The social groups that were members of this Christian movement were everyone: The rich and the poor, the woman and the men. Paul believed that the word of god was meant for everyone and it was not discriminatory, no matter whom you were.