Sentences with phrase «apostleship from»
And they prayed and said, «Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place.»
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The Spirit was invoked, lots were cast and Matthias was appointed to take the place «in ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to hisown place» — his own place being generally interpreted as «the grave» or «hell.»
24 And they prayed and said, «You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen 25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.»
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After the opening introduction of his name and tide «apostle» in 1.1, he states that his apostleship is not from or through any human agency.
1 - 12, four of them plural) highlights the contrast.25 In other words, Paul has introduced his narrative by stating simply and plainly, «I did not receive my apostleship or my gospel from any human source, and I do not want to please any humans.
I received my apostleship and gospel from God and Christ and God and Christ are the ones I want to please».
But he was set apart from the rest of mankind by an excellent inborn morality, by the divine knowledge granted to him, and by the dignity of his apostleship: he is the head of all believers.
The two opening questions introduce the themes of Paul's freedom and his apostleship (1 Cor 9:1), themes that the chapter will develop in reverse order, 1 Cor 9:1 — 18 treating the question of his apostleship and the rights that flow from it, and 1 Cor 9:19 — 27 exploring dialectically the nature of Paul's freedom.
Some scholars have thought that the word refers to a relapse into barbarian or nomadic customs some time before the apostleship of Muhammad, but it should be taken to mean the falling away from the pure monotheism of Abraham and Ishmael to the idolatry which, more than anything else, the Prophet denounced with all his power.