There once was a time when Paul had been more religious than any of the false teachers of his day. He had been more religious, more “Jewish”, and more zealous for works righteousness (prior to his conversion) than any of the imposters with whom he now contended. He had once believed what they still believed. But then he met Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). Paul’s ego had been arrested and his legalism, moralism, nationalism, and ritualism (on which he prided himself) was brought to utter ruin. Those things were not only worthless to him but were in fact wicked, because they made him an enemy of Christ. How about you?

Rich in Christology and personal application, Pastor Ronald H. Gann expounds upon Paul’s famous Prison-Epistle verse-by-verse.