Scripture, itself, establishes PAULINE AUTHORITY
lf any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual,
let him’ acknowledge that the things that I [Paul] write
unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Paul a chosen vessel of God.
Paul made a minister and a witness of God.
Paul called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.
Paul made the apostle of the Gentiles.
Paul the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.
Paul preaches my gospel.
Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God...
Paul sent by Christ.
Paul according to the grace of God…called...a wise masterbuilder.
Paul instructs be ye followers of me.
Paul instructs Be ye followers of me.
Paul committed with a dispensation of the gospel.
Paul received of the Lord.
Paul delivered first of all that which I also received…
Paul testifies And last of all he [Christ] was seen of me also.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God…
Paul an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ...
Paul certifies the gospel which was preached of me is not
after man.
Paul certifies I neither received it [the gospel] of man, neither was
I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Paul
certifies But
when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by
his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen.”
Paul enlightens the other apostles with
the gospel of
the uncircumcision.
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God…
Paul is given the dispensation of the grace of God.
Paul exhorts be followers together of me as an ensample.
Paul
exhorts that “Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do.”
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God...
Paul
made a minister,
according to the dispensation of God.
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the
commandment of God...
Paul
has the glorious
gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
Paul
obtained mercy that
in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern.
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the
will of God...
Paul
appointed a
preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Paul
preached that Christ was raised according to my gospel.
Paul
an apostle of
Jesus Christ.
Paul
in due times
manifested his [God’s] word through preaching, which is committed unto me...
The
Apostle Peter Establishes Pauline Authority:
But we believe that through the grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ we
[Jews] shall be saved, even as they [Gentiles]. Then all the multitude kept silence, and
gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had
wrought among the Gentiles by them.
…for they…added nothing to me: But
contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed
unto me [Paul] as the gospel of the circumcision was unto
Peter,…they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship.
…even as our beloved brother Paul also
according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all
his epistles, speaking in them of these things…
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by Alex Kurz
