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Is there any general concensus today on how many of Paul's letters are actually "genuine"?

andrewcriddle

There isn't really a fully agreed consensus.

However almost all modern scholars regard Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Philippians 1 Thessalonians and Philemon as authentic.

The great majority do not regard the pastoral epistles (ie 1 Timothy 2 Timothy and Titus) as authentic.

Colossians Ephesians and 2 Thessalonians are more disputed, probably a majority regard Colossians and 2 Thessalonians as authentic and Ephesians as inauthentic but there is nothing like a consensus.

(Practically nobody regards Hebrews as by Paul but then it never claims to be by Paul anyway.)

Andrew Criddle