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What did Paul actually envision for the communities of Jews and Gentiles who followed Jesus?

In this final episode of our Journey with the Jewish Paul series, we travel to two cities that became major centers of Paul’s mission: Corinth and Ephesus.

In Corinth, we explore Paul’s complicated relationship with the communities he helped establish, the often-overlooked importance of his collection for the Christ-followers in Jerusalem, and what that collection reveals about Paul’s continuing connection to Jerusalem, the Jewish people, and the land of Israel.

We also look at what may be one of Paul’s most forgotten teachings: his “rule in all the churches” in 1 Corinthians 7. Rather than calling Jews and Gentiles to abandon their identities, Paul envisioned a diverse family of God in which Gentiles could remain Gentiles and Jews could remain Jews.

Then we cross the Aegean to Ephesus, where Paul’s message collided with the worship of Artemis and helped spark a riot that filled one of the ancient world’s great theaters. Finally, we reconsider Paul’s vision of the “One New Man” in Ephesians and ask whether a passage often used to erase distinctions between Jews and Gentiles was actually intended to affirm their place alongside one another.

From Corinth to Ephesus, this episode offers another window into a Paul who remained deeply Jewish even as he carried the gospel into the Gentile world.

Learn more about the Journey with the Jewish Paul cruise at https://www.bridgebuildersforum.com/expeditions

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