ST. PAUL AND BOOKS

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In 2 Timothy 4:13, St. Paul wrote to his son Timothy:

When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

In an 1863 sermon, “Paul -- His Cloak and His Books,” C.H. Spurgeon said of Paul:

He was inspired, and yet he wants books! 
He had been preaching for thirty years, and yet he wants books! 
He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! 
He had a wider experience than most men do, and yet he wants books! 
He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things that it was not lawful for a man to utter, and yet he wants books! 
He had written a major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books!

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Read a biographical sketch of St. Paul.