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journeyed to Corinth two
times because of the many
conflicts with this church.
During his second visit to
Corinth, Paul wrote the
Epistle to the Romans. The
church in Jerusalem had
fallen into difficult economic
times and Paul began a
quest of taking up offerings
among all the churches in
Macedonia and Asia to help
the believers in Jerusalem.
After receiving the offerings
among the churches Paul traveled back to Jerusalem to present the love gift to them. This ended Paul’s
3 Missionary Journey. While in Jerusalem and while worshipping in the Temple, Paul was accused of
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breaking the Law and a public outcry of the Jews almost left Paul dead. He was rescued by the Roman
guard and taken to Caesarea where he was under arrest for two years. He finally appealed to Caesar
and set sail to go to Rome. During the journey there was a violent storm and the group was
shipwrecked on the island of Malta where they stayed the winter. Finally Paul was brought to Rome
where he was under house-arrest and yet allowed to preach the Gospel of Jesus. Many believed in
Rome. According to tradition, Paul was beheaded in Rome during the time of the Great Fire in 64 AD.
Nero blamed the Christians for starting the fire and great persecution began off and on for almost 2 ½
centuries.

Paul shares the Gospel to the entire Roman Empire – 59 to 64 AD

Paul no doubt
strengthened the
Church in Rome,
and even
throughout the
whole Empire.
Here he penned
many of the
epistles to the
various churches
in Asia Minor and
Macedonia. By
64 AD Christianity
has spread
enough in Rome
for Caesar Nero
to blame the
Christians for the

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