LoneStar
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What is missing is that it was from Paul.
THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE TO NOT TRUST IN OSAS.
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So, who do you think the author of Hebrews was?
As no one has come forward to argue for who did pen Hebrews, only offering suggestions that Paul did not. Let me offer what I have seen that makes me think he did. Setting aside for the moment that, in the King James anyway, this chapter is entitled The Epistle of Paul The Apostle to the Hebrews; let's have a look at what can be gleaned from scripture on the subject.
That Paul wrote an Epistle to the Hebrews would seem to be beyond question in that Peter indicates that he did:
2Pet 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Here we have Peter, whom scripture establishes as residing in Jerusalem and teaching there (presumably Hebrews), referring to an epistle written by Paul to his audience and gives it a separate mention and consideration from Paul's other epistles while noting their commonality and applicability to his audience. It is interesting to note he speaks in the singular of this epistle. This is important in that there is no record of Paul having written more than one such epistle to Peter's audience if Peter' audience was indeed Hebrew.
So the question isn't whether or not Paul wrote an Epistle to the Hebrews but whether or not the one contained in the Bible was the one penned by him. In that we have no record of him having written more than one and no Apostles save him and Peter having addressed in writing the Hebrews as a people it would seem reasonable that the epistle in question is the one spoken of by Peter. If it were not that would mean that Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews did not survive to be included in the Bible and some as of yet to be identified person did write the one in question. I know of no reputable source arguing such a position with any plausibility. In addition, the author's life experience as related in Hebrews mirrors that of Paul's in detail. All things considered, I think the preponderance of what evidence there is argues for Paul being the author of Hebrews. To argue otherwise for the lack of what some consider a proper salutation with out any other evidence is, I think, treading on very thin ice, hermeneutically speaking, for no good reason.
That Paul wrote an Epistle to the Hebrews would seem to be beyond question in that Peter indicates that he did:
2Pet 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Here we have Peter, whom scripture establishes as residing in Jerusalem and teaching there (presumably Hebrews), referring to an epistle written by Paul to his audience and gives it a separate mention and consideration from Paul's other epistles while noting their commonality and applicability to his audience. It is interesting to note he speaks in the singular of this epistle. This is important in that there is no record of Paul having written more than one such epistle to Peter's audience if Peter' audience was indeed Hebrew.
So the question isn't whether or not Paul wrote an Epistle to the Hebrews but whether or not the one contained in the Bible was the one penned by him. In that we have no record of him having written more than one and no Apostles save him and Peter having addressed in writing the Hebrews as a people it would seem reasonable that the epistle in question is the one spoken of by Peter. If it were not that would mean that Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews did not survive to be included in the Bible and some as of yet to be identified person did write the one in question. I know of no reputable source arguing such a position with any plausibility. In addition, the author's life experience as related in Hebrews mirrors that of Paul's in detail. All things considered, I think the preponderance of what evidence there is argues for Paul being the author of Hebrews. To argue otherwise for the lack of what some consider a proper salutation with out any other evidence is, I think, treading on very thin ice, hermeneutically speaking, for no good reason.
heir
TOL Subscriber
:up:
Amen
musterion
Well-known member
What's your question.
Perhaps we're uninterested in your post? Could that be possible in your world?
You just might of wasted your time posting that opinion Zap?
musterion
Well-known member
What was it he posted?
Nah. Maybe you just bore posters to tears?
Who knows. I don't remember now. It doesn't matter anyway.
Without OSAS they can get that "get saved" feeling everyday, sometimes twice in one day ! No limits
musterion
Well-known member
If he has an honest question, I'd be glad to consider it.
heir
TOL Subscriber
They can't get through to God anymore than we could without Christ getting through to God for us! Romans 3:21-22 KJV, Romans 4:25 KJV, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV, 2 Corinthians 5:19 KJV, 2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV
