1Corinthians 13:3

[Paul Younan]

I hope this answers your question about why Paul would have written his epistles in Aramaic (even if he sent one to China or to Mozambique.) <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->

Hi Paul and Chris,
thank you for your answers. I would say that the answers show that Paul *could* have written in Aramaic, but not necessarily that he *would* have. Whereas the current Patriarch of the Church of the East may not speak Malayalam, Scripture tells us that Paul *did* speak Greek (Acts 21: 37).

Zechariah14

It's also a question of preference. Paul may have spoken Greek like my Father or Mother spoke English. If that was the case, then no learned Greek would have listened to him with any degree of seriousness.

Speaking and writing are two different things, as well. My parents could speak somewhat broken English, enough to do what they needed to do in this country. Neither of them could read it, let alone write it.

The Patriarch before the current one spoke and wrote 5 different languages (Aramaic, Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic and English.) He still sent every single epistle he ever wrote in Aramaic (and ANCIENT Aramaic at that!)

Really, I think the geographical location where the believers lived has very little to do with what language Paul would have written to them in.