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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The writings of Paul and other early Christians are collected in
A
Meditations
B
the New Testament
C
the Torah
D
the Talmud
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extant Christian documents.

Detailed explanation-2: -The traditional view is that Paul wrote all the letters attributed to him. The contemporary view is that the apostle only penned 7 of those epistles, namely, Romans, 1–2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon.

Detailed explanation-3: -Matthew The first book of the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew was primarily written for the Jews and references many Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled by Jesus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of what we know about the Apostle Paul (also known as Saint Paul or Saul of Tarsus) comes from the writings attributed to him and the Book of Acts. However, there are also a couple of writings from the late first and early second centuries that refer to him, including Clement of Rome’s letter to the Corinthians.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are 80 books in the King James Bible; 39 in the Old Testament, 14 in the Apocrypha, and 27 in the New Testament. When citing the Latin Vulgate, chapter and verse are separated with a comma, for example “Ioannem 3, 16"; in English bibles chapter and verse are separated with a colon, for example “John 3:16".

Detailed explanation-6: -The New Testament contains 27 books written in Greek by 15 or 16 different authors between 50 C.E and 120 C.E. It can be divided into 4 groups: Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Epistles, and Apocalypse.

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