The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel

How Paul Came to Corinth: Acts 18

Richard D. Draper, Michael D. Rhodes

Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, BYU New Testament Commentary, excerpted on the BYU New Testament Commentary website (Jul. 2019)

Discusses Paul’s work in Corinth, his self-supporting labor, and the composition of the Corinthian converts.

Paul the Apostle: Champion of the Doctrine of the Resurrection

J. Peter Hansen

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 31 (2002)

Paul’s conversion experience led to his fervent missionary work. Explores Paul’s preaching in Pisidian Antioch and his powerful doctrine concerning the Resurrection.

How Paul Came to Corinth: Acts 18

Richard D. Draper, Michael D. Rhodes

Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, BYU New Testament Commentary, excerpted on the BYU New Testament Commentary website (Jul. 2019)

Discusses Paul’s work in Corinth, his self-supporting labor, and the composition of the Corinthian converts.

Diving Deep into the Book of Acts

Andrew C. Skinner

BYU New Testament Commentary Conference (2023)

Acts emphasizes the fulfillment of the Apostles' commission from Christ and their eyewitness testimonies of his mission, death, and resurrection.

The Coexistence of Opposites: The Wheat and Tares Together

John W. Welch, Jeannie S. Welch

The Parables of Jesus: Revealing the Plan of Salvation, excerpted on the BYU New Testament Commentary website (Mar. 2019)

This excerpt discusses the parable of the wheat and tares, highlighting the roles of Jesus as the master who plants good seed and Satan as the enemy who sows weeds.

Twilight in the Early Church

W. Jeffrey Marsh

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 43 (2002)

Establishes John as the author of these three epistles. John counters Gnosticism and other apostasies. He teaches about God’s nature and challenges us to stand as witnesses of Jesus Christ.

A Minister and a Witness: Acts 21–28

Robert Millet, Kelly Ogden, Ray Huntington, Robert Matthews

BYU Religious Education (May. 2004)

Paul as a Witness of the Work of God

Ted L. Gibbons

Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 36 (2002)

An analysis of Paul’s concerns regarding slothful behavior among the Thessalonian Saints in anticipation of the Second Coming.