| Group | Setting | Epistle | Date A.D. | Main Subjects | General Purposes | Directed To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Travel Epistles | Between first and second journeys | Galatians | 48 | Salvation at Present and in the Future | Evangelizing | Churches |
| second journey | 1 and 2 Thessalonians | 52 | ||||
| third journey | 1 and 2 Corinthians | 55 | ||||
| Romans | 56 | |||||
| 2 Prison Epistles | first Roman imprisonment | Colossians | 61 | Christ and the Christian life | Edifying | |
| Ephesians | ||||||
| Philemon | ||||||
| Philippians | ||||||
| 3 Pastoral Epistles | release | 1 Timothy | 62 | Church and its workers | Establishing | Individuals |
| Titus | 62 | |||||
| second Roman imprisonment | 2 Timothy | 67 | personal farewell |