Romans: This is written during Paul's second journey and probably when he was at Corinth.

1. 15:24-25 - Paul has received the gift from Macedonia to take to the saints in Jerusalem.
2. 15:31- Paul is hoping his service to the saints in Jerusalem will be acceptable to them. This must be the first return to Jerusalem or he would know what to expect from them.
3. 16:21- Timothy is with Paul. Timothy arrived in the second journey also (Acts 16:1).
4. 16:3 - Aquila and Priscilla enter in the second journey.
5. 16:23 - Gaius is the host of Tertius the writer for Paul. In 1 Cor. 1:14 he was in Corinth and was baptized by Paul. Erastus joined Paul in the third journey (Acts 20:4). He is the treasurer of the city of which Gaius is the host. Could Paul be in Corinth when this is being written?

1. 1:1- Sosthenes is with Paul (second journey Acts 18:17).
2. 1:12 - Apollos, Paul, and Cephas have already been there and taught the people.
3. 3:5- Paul planted the word, Apollos fertilized with his teaching. This has to be after the second journey or in the third journey because we know Apollos went to Corinth at the end of Paul's second journey (Acts 18:24).
4. 16:5-8 - Paul is passing through Macedonia now, but will hold off coming to Corinth at this time. He will tarry in Ephesus for Pentecost (Acts 19-20).
5. 16:12 - Apollos is known by the people and will return. He came to Ephesus at the end of Paul's second journey (Acts 18:21,24) and then went to Corinth (Acts 18:27; 19:1).

1. 1:1- Timothy is with Paul.
2. 1:8 - Paul faced trouble in Asia (Acts 19:21-41).
3. 1:15 - Paul intended to come to them a second time but did not (1:5; 2:1). In his third journey he came to Athens and went back to Macedonia without coming to them (Acts 20:2,3).
4. 7:8 - Paul writes this after his first letter to them.
5. 9:4 - Paul is planning on coming to Corinth expecting the prepared gift having maybe some Macedonians with him. He seems to be in Macedonia (9:2).
6. 12:14; 13:1 - Paul is coming for the third time to Corinth.
7. Paul was in Asia(1:8), planned to go to Corinth then Macedonia and back to Corinth (1:15,16). Paul ended up going to Troas (2:12) then Macedonia.

1. 1:17-2:1 - Paul writes this letter after a minimum of seventeen years. It was three years after his encounter with the Lord on the road to Damascus before he goes to Jerusalem the first time (Acts 9:26) and then fourteen years to go back to Jerusalem after going through Syria and Cilicia. It seems he went into the desert and then back to Damascus for three years preaching the gospel (Verse 18 may fit Acts 9:26-30). This is when he probably stayed fifteen days before going to Tarsus. Paul then goes to Antioch (Acts 11:25,26) before starting his first recorded journey. This journey appears to have taken 14 years to loop through twice. He does take Barnabas, who was with him on the first recorded journey, to Jerusalem (Acts 15:2). Then they go to Antioch (Acts 15:35) before Paul sets out for his second recorded journey.
2. 2:11 - Paul confronts Peter concerning circumcision when Peter comes to Antioch. This could fit Acts 15:1-5 when men came from Judea to teach about circumcision.
3. Paul stays a long time in Antioch after returning from his first journey (Acts 14:28).

1. 3:13 - Paul's speaks of his tribulations that occurred either at Ephesus (Acts 19 - third journey) or when he was a prisoner at Jerusalem (after the return from the third journey).
2. 6:19,20 - Paul is in chains, a prisoner.
3. 6:21 - Paul sends Tychicus to Ephesus t o report on the affairs of Paul. He joined Paul in the third journey. In Acts 20:18 the elders in Ephesus come to Paul in Miletus.

1. 1:1 - Timothy is with Paul (second and third journeys).
2. 1:13 - Paul a prisoner at the place where there is a palace guard. This could be at Caesarea (Acts 23:26-33) or Rome (one mentioned at Acts 28:16). Could there be a palace guard at Jerusalem before he is moved to Caesarea?
3. 1:20-26 - Paul feels he will produce more fruit and return again to the Philippians. In verse 20 he sounds like there is a possibility he will die. Could this be written before Acts 23:11? In Acts 23:11 Paul is a prisoner in Jerusalem. He is told by the Lord that he is going to Rome to testify.
4. 2:23 - Paul is waiting to see his fate. This sounds like the time he would be at Jerusalem or Caesarea. At Rome he had a rented house for two years freely preaching the word (Acts 28:30,31).
5. 4:10-18 - It seems the Philippians now had an opportunity to help Paul by material needs to aid him in his ministry. They must have sent the gifts to Rome while Paul was able to move about freely for the two years he was there.
6. 4:22 - The household of Caesar greets the church at Philippi. This for sure is in Rome!

1. 1:1 - Timothy is with Paul.
2. 4:10 - Aristarchus is a fellow prisoner. He is mentioned in Acts19:29; 20:4; and 27:2. He is on the boat to Rome with Paul.
3. Paul spends three months on the island of Malta after the shipwreck. He could have sent this letter then, but was Timothy on board the ship to Rome? Probably not. It is more reasonable to assume this letter is written after Paul arrives at Rome.

1. 2:2 - Paul preaches to the Thessalonians after going to Philippi (Acts 17).
2. 3:1 - Paul is in Athens and sends Timothy to report on the Thessalonians. This is probably the time in Acts 20:3 when Paul stayed three months in Greece. This was on his third journey. He passed them when coming through to Greece. He probably sent Timothy back to check on them after arriving in Greece.

1 Timothy: This may be an unrecorded journey.

1. 1:3 - Paul goes into Macedonia while Timothy is to remain in Ephesus. This did not happen on the second or third journey. In Acts 19:22 Paul stays in Ephesus while Timothy goes to Macedonia (this is in the third recorded journey). In Acts 20:4 Timothy comes with Paul to Asia (Ephesus is in Asia). Paul has to be going away from Asia toward Macedonia in order for Timothy to 'remain in Ephesus.'

1. 1:17 - Paul is in Rome a prisoner.
2. 4:6 - Paul feels he is about to leave this earth.
3. 4;10-11 - All have left Paul here, but in Philemon vs. 24 they are with him.
4. 4:12 - Tychicus is sent to Ephesus. He also joined Paul in Acts 20:4 and returned with him to Jerusalem. He was with Paul at Nicopolis (Titus 3:12) but in Ephesus here.
5. 4:14-16 - Paul is making a defense again. Who is Alexander the coppersmith? He seems to have caused great trouble for Paul. It is not recorded in Acts.
6. 4:20 - Erastus stayed in Corinth. He was treasurer of the city (likely Corinth; see Romans 16:23). Trophimus was left in Miletus sick. In Acts 21:29 he returns to Jerusalem with Paul after the third recorded journey. He joined Paul in Acts 20:4 from Asia through Miletus to Jerusalem. In this verse it seems both men were with Paul, with Erastus staying in Corinth and Trophimus going on to Miletus before getting sick.
7. 4:21 - These saints are not mentioned anywhere in the book of Acts.

1. 1:5 - Paul leaves Titus in Crete. The only recorded time Paul was in Crete was when he was a prisoner headed to Rome and then he did not stop but only passed close to it (Acts 27:12-13).
2. 3:12 - Paul is headed to Nicopolis in Greece for the winter, a city northwest of Athens and Corinth. It seems Paul went to Crete and afterward to Greece. Tychicus is with Paul after Paul doubles back through Macedonia and comes to Jerusalem with him. Now, he seems to be with Paul. He is to be sent to Ephesus from here.
3. 3:13 - Apollos is asked for by Paul. Apollos joined the ministry at the end of the second journey or beginning of the third (Acts 18:24). He went to Corinth while Paul went to Ephesus (Acts 19:1) in the third recorded journey. Now, he is with Titus in Crete. He would have to have gone to Crete after Paul ends the third journey. He could not have gone during it because Paul is now in Nicopolis. Paul did not go to Nicopolis in any of the recorded journeys.

1. 10 - Onesimus is the helper of Paul whom he begot while in chains in Rome. In Paul's letter to the Colossians (4:9) he is first mentioned.
2. 23 - Epaphras is a prisoner now with Paul. In Colossians 1:7 and 4:12 he is a fervent worker in Christ. He must have been made a prisoner later.
3. 22 - Here Paul feels he may be released and be able to come to Philemon (in Colossae). If so, is this when Paul leaves Rome and travels with Timothy who then remains in Ephesus (Colossae is in Asia). After this, Trophimus will go on to Miletus with Paul and be left there sick.

1. 10:34 - The people had compassion on the writer of Hebrews ( we believe is Paul) when he was in chains.
2. 13:23 - Timothy is set free. When was he a prisoner?