8 Bible Verses about Paul As An Apostle
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From Paul, who is an apostle not from men nor through men but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed (set apart) for the good news of God,
This letter is from Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.
Because of this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle. What I say is true, not false, and I am a teacher of the nations in the true faith.
I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests. At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven. It was brighter than the sun and shinned all around me. It also shinned around those who journeyed with me. We all fell to the ground. I heard a voice speaking to me. It said in the Hebrew tongue: 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' (You only hurt yourself.)read more.
I said: 'Who are you, Lord?' And he answered: 'I am Jesus whom you persecute. Stand up on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things that you have seen, and of those things I will show to you. I will rescue you from the people and the nations. I am sending you to them. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. They may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
First of all, I delivered to you what I also received, how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. He was seen by Peter and then by the twelve apostles.read more.
More than five hundred brothers saw him at the same time after that. Most of them remain to this day, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. Then he was seen by James, and then by all the apostles. And last of all I also saw him, as of one with an untimely birth. I am the least of the apostles and do not deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the people of God. By the divine influence of God I am what I am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence and favor of God in me.
The one who made Peter an apostle to the Jewish people (who are circumcised) also made me an apostle to the people of the nations (who are not circumcised).
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, I most certainly am to you, for you are the seal (stamp) (proof) of my apostleship in the Lord.
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