Sentences with phrase «as the apostle paul»

I implore you to stick with the facts of God's word and as the apostle Paul commanded learn to rightly divide the word of truth.

And the religious experience of such a writer as the apostle Paul bears naïve yet eloquent personal witness to what we are discovering about the brain.

Because as the apostle Paul put it, «three things will last forever — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love.»

As the apostle Paul said when you live as Christ you are one with God.

Then we can truthfully say, as the apostle Paul said, «Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ» (1 Corinthians 11:1,).

Not exact matches

Paul was sent by God as the apostle to the gentiles.

the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...

«In my faith community, popular women pastors such as Joyce Meyer were considered unbiblical for preaching from the pulpit in violation of the apostle Paul's restriction in 1 Timothy 2:12 («I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent»),

Even though history clearly speaks to Paul dying at the hands of Nero, all the apostles except John being murdered, and early church fathers such as Polycarp being killed by Rome?

[130] While not personally an eye - witness of Jesus» ministry, Paul states that he was acquainted with people who had known Jesus: the apostle Peter (also known as Cephas), the apostle John, and James, the brother of Jesus.

As one of those crazy born again Christians, I can explain the theology that shows where the mormon faith has taken a wrong turn and is exactly what the apostle Paul warned against.

So, to paraphrase the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians that as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

At this time, I lean towards the «elder» in Paul's writings to be someone that we would call a fulltime pastor / evangelist / prophet / apostle; and further, assomeone recognized as such by outsiders / non-believers.

The apostle Paul wrote that «to the Jew I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law I became as under law... that I might gain those under law.

Christ going to the cross meant salvation for all who choose to accept Him — including Zimmerman — just as it was for another famous murderer — the apostle Paul.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

He begins with Ephesians 5, where the apostle Paul describes marriage as a «profound mystery» pointing to the ultimate union between Christ and the Church.

What will matter is that the thousands of children waiting for adoption be treated, in the words of the apostle Paul, as children of God.

Well, I don't think the Apostles taught as roaming Rabbis because: a) they weren't rabbis (well, Paul was) b) I forget the other point

... The Jews (just like the church now) got flippant concerning divorce... I feel Jesus didn't have to mention homosexuality because the Law was clear to any Jew at that time... Paul had to mention it because he was an apostle to the Gentiles who I think were more prone to homosexuality behavior... I'm though not as learned as you... just my thought after 15 years of thinking about this issue... The church has a sacred duty to all... even gays... we need a unified loving answer to give them... but it must be the truth... because only the truth can set us free...

It is interesting that Paul counts his vision on the Damascus road as an appearance of the Risen Lord, as this seems to conflict with the Acts of the Apostles which implies that the resurrection appearances came to an end after forty days (Acts 1:3).

In fact, I've been in multiple conversations in which the apostle Paul seems to be hailed as the final authority on Christianity, his words, in effect, trumping the words of Jesus.

I have often wondered how to reconcile Jesus» statement about not letting anyone call you «Master» or «Teacher» and the statements about the «positions» of elder and deacon in Paul's letters, and, as you point out, Paul's «title» of apostle.

Paul always referred to himself as Paul, an apostle of... Titles have become an in - thing today.One minister I spoke to was very adamant about titles, because in his view it created protocol.

We should all be striving to be able to say, like the apostle Paul, imitate me as I imitate Christ.

Aside from being an apostle, the people that followed Paul as their spiritual father appear to have done so by their own choice.

So Reality, how many «experts» say that 2 Thessalonians was written by a pseudo Paul as opposed to those who say that it was written by the apostle Paul?

Nor are we justified in regarding this attitude as peculiar to Paul; in its essentials he obviously shared it with «those who had been apostles before him.»

Some people are so up in arms about the Mormons, but when you think about it, there is no more reason to put stock in say Paul, the self - proclaimed «apostle» as there is to put stock in Joseph Smith.

So, Oscar Wilde wrote: But in a manner not yet understood of the world he regarded sin and suffering as being in themselves beautiful holy things and modes of perfection», did he!!!! ----- The apostle Paul wrote:::» Futhermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not be done.»

(14) There are echoes here of the apostle Paul's recognition, reflected in several of his letters, of the importance of general social trust and respect of church leaders and members as a necessary framework for communication of the gospel.

As an apostle of peace, Paul VI traveled to New York in 1965 to address the General Assembly of the United Nations, reminding it of its mission of reconciliation and justice toward all.

As often as I recall the help I received in my study of the apostle Paul, from the most able New Testament instructor I ever had, I become somewhat frightened; frightened enough to seek yet another touch, frightened enough to look yet more intentlAs often as I recall the help I received in my study of the apostle Paul, from the most able New Testament instructor I ever had, I become somewhat frightened; frightened enough to seek yet another touch, frightened enough to look yet more intentlas I recall the help I received in my study of the apostle Paul, from the most able New Testament instructor I ever had, I become somewhat frightened; frightened enough to seek yet another touch, frightened enough to look yet more intently.

Whereas Paul described his former life in Judaism as focused on human relationships with his contemporaries and predecessors, his depiction of his new life is so centered on his relation to God that he as yet has no relationship to the other apostles.

Paul identifies himself as one such sent - slave in many ways in his letters: â $ œPaul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of Godâ $ (Romans 1:1).

What is happening here, for the first time in two thousand years, for the first time since the apostle Paul pondered the continuing «mystery» of Living Judaism, for the first time since the Church condemned Marcion as a heretic in the second century, for the first time since so many things in our tortuously entangled relationship, is that believing Jews and Christians are encountering one another on a footing of civil equality in a shared exploration of the way through history of the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus.

Here within the narrative Paul has defined his relationship with the Jerusalem apostles as a relationship between equals, not that of a subordinate to superiors.30 The meeting was intended to secure a common understanding of the gospel as circumcision - free.

Among both Roman Catholics and Protestants in Germany there were those who, as the New Testament says about the apostle Paul's involvement in the martyrdom of Stephen, were «consenting to the death» of the Jews (Acts 8:1), and many more who were (as it seems now, by hindsight) blindly insensitive to the situation.

Therefore, in order for the Galatians to please God, they must continue in a relationship of identification with Paul and the other apostles (as portrayed in 2.1 - 10), and not enter a new relationship with those who tell them to be circumcised.

In his book Man as Male and Female (Eerdmans, 1975), Jewett argues for an egalitarian male / female relationship by calling for distinctions (within the New Testament materials themselves) between Paul the former rabbi and Paul the apostle, or between Paul's perception of the truth and his implementation of it in the first century.

IE «willful» I will not go into deep explanation but simply stated, this passage is not speaking to people who commit sins on purpose but to people who practice sin as an accepted way of life.not people like you and I and the apostle Paul who says in Phillipians 312Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

Just as with his term apostles, Paul has a very specific type of prophet in mind.

For Luke, Paul was not an apostle in the sense of the Twelve, but was numbered among others as a prophet and teacher (Acts 13:1).

Though Paul only refers to them as «apostles» here, he has in mind in mind the authoritative and foundation - laying «apostles of Jesus Christ.»

Paul was an apostle (Gal 1:15 - 17; 1 Cor 15:8) as was Barnabas (Acts 14:14).

Just as there were some «apostles» in the days of Paul who were not «apostles of Jesus Christ,» there can be apostles today who can be considered as «sent ones» and yet do not have the same authority as the «apostles of Jesus.»

But unfortunately new really is anything from that politician self - proclaimed «apostle» Paul and forward where we see division, judgment, disenfranchisement, and all the weird stuff that the Catholics, evangelicals, bible thumpers, etc. start to corrupt the simple lessons of Jesus, regardless of how important a person you see him as.

It is true that both the gospels and the speeches of Peter and Paul in Acts give important testimony as to what the apostles taught about the Christian life and proclaimed about the meaning of Jesus» own life, death, and resurrection; yet both the gospels and Acts were written, not by apostles, but by later disciples, and their evidence on particular points stands in need of confirmation, if possible, from the apostles themselves.

It is inconceivable to me that Paul can be quoted by modern male chauvinists as the biblical authority for excluding women from accepting God's call to serve others in the name of Christ, when Paul himself encouraged and congratulated inspired women who were prominent — to use his own descriptions — as deacons, apostles, ministers and saints.

Paul was as an apostle still a partial captive to his rabbinic past.