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Paul’s Commitment to the Gospel Excerpt It was Paul’s custom to write about his own missionary labors and personal involvement with his readers, most naturally after the opening thanksgiving ( Rom.  1:11–15 ;  1 Thes. 2:17–3:11 ; cf. the lengthy  narratio  in  Gal. 1:10–2:21 ), but elsewhere also ( Rom.  15:14–32 ;  1 Cor. 16:1–11 ;  Phm. 21–22 ). The irregularity of such features is simply a reminder that Paul treated matters of structure and format as completely adaptable to what he wanted to say. So after the lengthy thanksgiving (cf.  1 Thes. 1:2–2:16 ), Paul picks up the final clause of the last section ( “of which I Paul became a minister” ) and fills it out.  More Dunn, James D. G.  The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon : A Commentary on the Greek Text . Grand Rapids, MI; Carlisle: William B. Eerdmans Publishing; Paternoster Press, 1996. Print. New International Greek Testament Commentary.

Paul’s Commitment to the Gospel Excerpt It was Paul’s custom to write about his own missionary labors and personal involvement with his readers, most naturally after the opening Thanksgiving ( Rom.  1:11–15 ;  1 Thes. 2:17–3:11 ; cf. the lengthy  narratio  in  Gal. 1:10–2:21 ), but elsewhere also ( Rom.  15:14–32 ;  1 Cor. 16:1–11 ;  Phm. 21–22 ). The irregularity of such features is simply a reminder that Paul treated matters of structure and format as completely adaptable to what he wanted to say. So after the lengthy thanksgiving (cf.  1 Thes. 1:2–2:16 ), Paul picks up the final clause of the last section ( “of which I Paul became a minister” ) and fills it out.  More Dunn, James D. G.  The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon : A Commentary on the Greek Text . Grand Rapids, MI; Carlisle: William B. Eerdmans Publishing; Paternoster Press, 1996. Print. New International Greek Testament Commentary.