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We are unlikely to have all the epistles that Paul ever wrote, but we probably have the most important ones. However, some alterations seem to have been made, and Second Corinthians appears to be a composite of at least two original letters.

1 Thessalonians is believed to be the first epistle written by Paul, although a few scholars doubt whether it was really written by Paul, but instead written some time after his death, using his name. The next epistle was probably Galatians.

He then wrote his letters to the Corinthians. These are known to us as 1 and 2 Corinthians, but some scholars say that 2 Corinthians was a composite of at least two different epistles written by Paul.

The next epistle written by Paul was probably Romans.Apparently while imprisoned in Rome, he wrote Philemon and Philippians. However, the authorship of Philippians is not entirely certain.

The majority of critical scholars say that Ephesians, Colossians and 2 Thessalonians, although attributed to Paul, were not written by him, and they are therefore known as pseudo-Pauline epistles. The last group of pseudo-Pauline epistles to be written are the Pastorals, seen as second-century compositions and almost unanimously regarded by critical scholars as not written by Paul - 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus.

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