King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Epistle
CategoryLiterary Term / Theological Term
Modern Equivalenta formal letter; a written communication.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA formal letter, particularly the NT letters written by the apostles to churches and individuals. Twenty-one books of the NT are epistles. They were intended to be read aloud to congregations and circulated among the churches.
Key Verses"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance." (2 Peter 3:1); "And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." (Colossians 4:16)