37 Bible Verses about Letters

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Hebrews 13:22

I beg you, brothers, to listen patiently to this message, for I have written you only a short letter.

Acts 15:23-31

They sent this letter by them: "The apostles and elders as brothers send greeting to the brothers from among the heathen in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. As we have heard that some of our number have disturbed you by their teaching, by continuing to unsettle your minds, we have passed a unanimous resolution to select and send messengers to you with our beloved brothers Barnabas and Paul,read more.
who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. So we send Judas and Silas to you, to bring you the same message by word of mouth. For the Holy Spirit and we have decided not to lay upon you any burden but these essential requirements, that you abstain from everything that is offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the meat of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves free from these things, you will prosper. Good-by." So the messengers were sent out, and they went down to Antioch, called a meeting of the congregation, and delivered the letter. When they had read it, they were delighted with the encouragement it brought them.

2 Corinthians 10:9-11

I do not want to seem to be frightening you with my letters. For they say, "His letters are impressive and forceful, but his physical personality is unimpressive, and his delivery is perfectly contemptible." Such people should consider this: When I arrive for action I shall do exactly what I said I would in my letters when far away.

Colossians 4:16

When this letter has been read to you, have it read to the church at Laodicea too, and see to it that you too read the one that is coming from Laodicea.

1 Thessalonians 5:27

I solemnly charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

2 Peter 3:1

This is the second letter, dearly beloved, that I have already written to you, in both of which I am trying by reminders to stir up your unsullied minds

2 Thessalonians 2:1-2

As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our final muster before Him, we beg you, brothers, not to let your minds be easily unsettled or even be excited, whether by some message by the Spirit or by some saying or letter that is claimed as coming from me, saying that the day of the Lord is already here.

Acts 9:1-2

Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that if he found any men or women belonging to The Way he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

Acts 22:5

as the high priest and the whole council will bear me witness. Indeed, I had received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on the way there to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

1 Corinthians 16:3

When I get there, I will send on, with credentials, the persons whom you approve, to carry your gift of charity to Jerusalem.

Acts 23:25

he wrote the following letter:

2 Corinthians 3:1

Am I beginning to recommend myself again? I do not, like some people, do I, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

2 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all God's people all over Greece:

Colossians 1:1

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Timothy,

1 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: spiritual blessing and peace be to you.

2 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in accordance with the promise of the life that comes through union with Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:1

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to stimulate faith in God's chosen people and to lead them on to a full knowledge of religious truth,

2 Peter 3:15-16

Always think of our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dearly beloved brother Paul, with the wisdom granted him, wrote you to do, speaking of it as he does in all his letters. In them are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsteady twist to their ruin, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreign-born Jews who are scattered over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:

Revelation 2:1

"To the messenger of the church in Ephesus write: 'The One who is holding the seven stars in His right hand and is walking among the golden lampstands speaks as follows:

Revelation 3:1

"To the messenger of the church at Sardis write: 'The One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks as follows: "I know what you are doing; you have the reputation of being alive, but in reality you are dead.

Romans 16:22

I, Tertius, who write this letter, wish to be remembered to you as a fellow-Christian.

1 Peter 5:12

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I regard him, I have written you this short letter, to encourage you and to testify that this is the true, unmerited favor of God. Stand firm in it.

Matthew 5:18

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

Galatians 6:11

See what large letters I make, when I write to you with my own hand!

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Letters » Claudius lysias to felix

Acts 23:25-30

he wrote the following letter: "Claudius Lysias sends greetings to his Excellency Felix, the governor. This man had been seized by the Jews and they were on the point of killing him when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen. read more.
As I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, I brought him before their council, and found him to be charged with questions about their law, but having no charge against him involving death or imprisonment. Because a plot against the man has been reported to me as brewing, I at once am sending him on to you and have directed his accusers to present their charge against him before you."

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Philemon 1:1

Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and my brother Timothy, to our dearly loved fellow-worker Philemon,

Letters » Of recommendation

2 Corinthians 3:1

Am I beginning to recommend myself again? I do not, like some people, do I, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Letters » Luke to theophilus (the books of luke and acts)

Acts 1:1

I wrote my first volume, Theophilus, about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

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Topics on Letters

Letters To Local Churches

Galatians 1:2

and all the brothers who are here with me -- to the churches of Galatia:

Writing Letters

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

You are my letter of recommendation, written on my heart, read and understood by everybody,

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