'Apostolic' in the Bible
to take the place in this apostolic service that Judas left to go to his own place.”
For Apostolic authority is not a thing of words, but of power.
If I am not an apostle to other people, surely I am one to you, for you are the evidence of my apostolic authority from the Lord.
If, however, I were to boast more loudly of our Apostolic authority, which the Lord has given us that we may build you up, not pull you down, I should have no reason to feel ashamed.
From now on let no one trouble me [by making it necessary for me to justify my authority as an apostle, and the absolute truth of the gospel], for I bear on my body the branding-marks of Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions—these testify to His ownership of me].