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The Apostle Paul was the writer of many Epistles in the New Testament. He brought the Gospel to the Gentiles.
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How do traditional Christians defend the teaching that Paul is an authentic apostle?
I want to preface this by saying I don't believe Paul was a false Apostle. I must either view his Apostleship as authentic, or throw away everything I believe. Removing Paul's writings and influence ...
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What is "new" in the New Perspective on Paul?
What specially is new and different in the "New Perspective on Paul" movement? How can the differences to the "old" perspective be summarized?
Note: Please don't make this question about defending ...
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Who was the 12th Apostle - Matthias or Paul? [closed]
First off, a distinction between disciple and apostle - a disciple is a student, and the 12 disciples were Jesus' students. An Apostle is one who was "sent out." Eleven of Jesus' disciples were sent ...
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What does it mean that all scripture is God-Breathed?
In 2 Tim 3:16, Paul writes
All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness (NIV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and ...
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Why don't many churches obey Paul's command that women must be silent in church? [closed]
In 1 Corinthians 14 Paul says that women must be silent in churches and ask questions to their husbands when they get home:
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,...
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Did Paul write the Epistle to the Hebrews?
The authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews is an open question. The common scholarly opinion is that the author certainly wasn't Paul.
Most modern Bible translations make no mention of the author, ...
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Are Paul's letters to be taken as God's word? [closed]
Sometimes, as I read the bible or listen to a speaker in church, I can't help but feel that while Paul's letters are full of well-grounded Christian wisdom and advice, they can also contain what seems ...
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What is the evidence that suggests that the Apostle Paul was married?
I have heard people say over the years that it is likely that the Apostle Paul had been married at some point, perhaps prior to his conversion. However, there doesn't seem to be any biblical evidence ...
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Scholarly discussion of claims that Paul is a "false apostle"
There is a claim in some circles that Paul is a "false apostle", creating a new religion from whole cloth. I fear trying to flesh out any one particular version of such a claim, but one such example ...
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How do Pentecostals or other Charismatics respond to criticisms about 'speaking in tongues' by multiple people at once and without interpretation?
An answer to a question about the gifts of the Holy Spirit here states
"The ones in the middle react to the abuse done by some who take
verses about Languages/tongues out of context and in some ...
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Did Paul preach Jesus's message?
In the four Gospels, Jesus seems to talk a lot about the Law, about how to behave, about "the Kingdom" and how to restore social order. It doesn't seem like he talks about what Paul talks about: grace,...
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Did Paul write other letters that are not in the Bible?
I've heard it said that Paul wrote other letters that didn't make it into the Bible, including at least one more letter to the church at Corinth, and a letter to the church at Laodicea. What is the ...
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Are there any churches that do not accept the teachings of Paul?
From different discussions (including some on this site) it seems that Paul's teachings were different from the teachings of Jesus and the other apostles in some aspects. In light of this are there ...
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How do Evangelicals explain when Paul writes "I, not the Lord"?
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 7:10 (NKJV):
Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband
In verse 12 Paul writes:
But to the rest I, not the ...
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Does Paul ever actually quote Jesus anywhere?
Is it true that Paul did not quote Jesus a single time in the entire New Testament (of which he wrote 50%)?
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Besides Paul, have there been any other Christians who had both a scholarly background and overtly supernatural experiences?
Not much to add to the title. Have there been any Christians with a scholarly background who had an overtly supernatural conversion or supernatural experiences after their conversion? The apostle Paul ...
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What is the biblical basis for the belief that Paul was the last to be called to be an apostle?
Many Christians believe that the office of apostleship ended in the first century with the apostle Paul, and that after Paul there have not been any more people called by God/Jesus Himself (through ...
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Do Cessationists wish that all God's people may prophesy?
Moses said:
And Moses saith to him, `Art thou zealous for me? O that all Jehovah's people were prophets! that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!' [Numbers 11:29 YLT]
Similarly, Paul said:
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According to Catholicism, how can a Christian be freed from the concupiscence of the flesh and thereby possess a sinless body?
After the fall of Adam & Eve from pride & disobedience, all mankind inherit original sin.
The Catholic Church teaches that the original sin can be removed by the Sacraments of Baptism but the ...
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What evidence is there that the Apostle Paul had been a member of the Sanhedrin?
I remember hearing someone make the claim that Paul had been a member of the Sanhedrin prior to his conversion to Christianity. Is there any evidence for this claim? If so, what is it?
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Is 1 Corinthians 7:26–40 not the 'Word of God'? [closed]
Paul makes it clear that the following section is not a command from God but his own opinion:
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the ...
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Is there a 'Third Heaven'?
2 Corinthians 12:2-4 (New International Version)
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the
third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not
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What is the basis for arguing that Paul should have been selected as the 12th apostle instead of Matthias?
Commentators on the story of Acts 1:15–26, where the Apostles select Matthias to replace Judas as the 12th apostle, often say vague things like:
Some have held that the choice of Matthias was ...
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What arguments are given that Ephesians was not written by Paul?
According to the opening paragraph of the article for the Book of Ephesians on Wikipedia, it is not universally held that Ephesians was written by Paul. A source on that site says,
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Why is Saint Paul considered gnostic? (by some)
I read that these verses (over other texts that are clearly gnostic but not attributed as such) are considered gnostic:
ST. PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS - Third letter
For our wrestling is not against ...
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How was Saul changed to Paul?
Acts 13:9 (NIV) Then Saul, who was also called Paul, .....
This verse does not explain much how Saul became Paul. Who changed his name? Why was it changed?
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According to Catholicism, did St. Paul believe that end of the world was imminent?
We read at 1 Cor 7: 29-31 (NRSVCE) :
I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none, and those who mourn as ...
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What was Paul referring to by the "thorn in the flesh"?
In 2 Corinthians 12:7, Paul references a thorn was given to him in the flesh:
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in ...
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What is the argument AGAINST the position that only Paul's writings are applicable to the church today?
In mid-Acts dispensationalism (a form of hyperdispensationalism), it is taught that only Paul's writings (from Romans to Philemon) are applicable to the church today and that the other parts of the ...
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How is the Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul celebrated in the domestic church, that is, within the Catholic family in Malta?
The Catholic Archdiocese of Malta celebrates the Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul on February 10 each year.
I would like to know if the domestic church has any traditional ways of celebrating this ...
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Did Paul actually report anything about the life of Jesus?
In a clip from the movie The God Who Wasn't There the narrator says that Paul knew largely nothing of what we call the story of Jesus. That he only reported Christ's crucifixion, resurrection, and ...
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Did St. Paul know the doctrine of the Trinity?
Did St. Paul know anything about the doctrine of the Trinity (3 Persons in 1 God) but ran out of ink to fully explain it?
Or would the Trinitarian doctrine of the Athanasian Creed, for example, have ...
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Who was Tychicus?
In studying through the book of Colossians, I noted that the letter was carried from Paul to the church by some dude named Tychicus.
Colossians 4:7 (ESV)
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How did Paul learn the gospel?
Is there any account of how Paul learnt Jesus teachings after he converted? In Galatians 1:11-12 Paul states:
But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not ...
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Can the ancestral sin doctrine (and Paul's epistles) survive without a single breeding pair?
The necessity of salvation in Christian doctrine seems to be inextricably linked to the view that the entirety of human nature somehow springs from the gametes (and perhaps education) of a single ...
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Paul's knowledge of Jannes and Jambres the magicians of Egypt
Per Paul in:
2 Timothy 3:8 ESV
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the
truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
Which is cross ...
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What is the Biblical basis for claiming that Paul upholds and teaches the Torah law?
What scriptural support is there to back the idea that Paul not only supported the Torah, but also promoted it?
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For those needing clarification:
"support"
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Do Paul and Jesus disagree on homosexuality? [closed]
Romans 1:26-27:
[26] For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, [27] and likewise the men also abandoned ...
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Why does the bible never specifically condemn premarital sex? [closed]
Most Jewish and Christian scholars define πορνεία (sexual immorality) to include premarital sex. However, where either the old or new testament mention specific sexual immoralities, it's never ...
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Does Catholic Church acknowledge St. Paul the Apostle as consecrated Bishop during Apostolic times?
St. Paul the Apostles admitted that Christ did not sent him to baptize but to preach the Gospel.
17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent words of wisdom, ...
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What evil things did Alexander the copper-smith do to Paul in 2 Tim. 4:14 that led to Paul saying God will recompense him?
In 2 Tim. 4:14, Paul said that
Alexander the copper-smith did many evil things to me; the Lord will recompense him according to his works.
Is there any tradition on what exactly Alexander did ...
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Why did the early Christians think Jesus would return soon?
In multiple New Testament passages the Disciples and even Jesus appear to think He would return within one generation or so:
Jesus says, 'What I say to you, I say to all: Watch, for you know not the ...
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Was Paul the ideal Christian we were meant to emulate? [closed]
Did God intend for Paul to show us the kind of Christian life we were all meant to live?
I don't mean every nitty-gritty detail. Obviously things would be different if you were born a woman or mute ...
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According to soul sleep advocates, did the Apostle Paul ever abandon his Pharisaic beliefs about the afterlife after becoming a Christian?
Paul was a Pharisee:
6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to ...
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Why did Paul want God to repay Alexander the metalworker?
In II Timothy 4:14-15, Paul writes:
Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord
will repay him for what he has done. You too should be on your
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Did Paul change his teaching regarding Jesus? Rom 9:5 [closed]
Noted is a persistent use of select bible verses using a proof-texting methodology defined by one or more of three broad practices -
Taken out of context, ignoring the immediate passage.
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What did Paul believe about 1 Corinthians 10:4 with regards to the teaching about bread from heaven, spiritual food?
What did Paul believe about 1 Corinthians 10:4 with regards to the teaching about bread from heaven, spiritual food?
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In what language were the four Gospels and Paul's writings originally written?
I'm an Orthodox Christian and the tradition we believe says that Matthew and John (the Gospel writers) are the same as Matthew and John (two of the original 12 apostles). I know that scholars say that ...
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