Are the “General” Epistles, in contrast to those Epistles specifically written by the Apostle Paul, binding on Christians today?
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, or correction, for instruction in righteousness” …the Apostle Paul (2 Tim. 3.16) “All of the Bible is for us, but it is not all about us.” Genesis to Revelation is God-given revelation and meant for the edification of each member of Christ’s heavenly Body—the Church. However, this is NOT to say that each section of the 66 Books of canonical Scripture were written specifically TO us, the Body of Christ. Each portion has its unique audience, and the discerning reader will carefully take this into account. Recognizing these normal and natural distinctions is a key aspect of the dispensational approach to interpreting the Bible. Dispensationalists seek to acknowledge, rather than ignore, these differences. the distinction that “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the [Hebrew] fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by [His] Son, whom He has appoin
