The “Prison Epistles” generally refer to four letters written by the Apostle Paul while he was under house arrest in Rome. Each letter — Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon — is addressed to a specific church or, in the case of Philemon, an individual, and while Paul penned each epistle to address specific needs of first-century Christians and the church, the message of the Prison Epistles is still influential and instructional to Christians living today.