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.
[ 1 Corinthians 14:37]
Acts 9:15
Paul a chosen vessel of God.
Acts 26:16
Paul made a minister and a witness of God.
Romans 1:1
Paul called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.
Romans 11:13
Paul made the apostle of the Gentiles.
Romans 15:16
Paul the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.
Romans 16:25
Paul preaches my gospel.
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God...
1 Corinthians 1:17
Paul sent by Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:10
Paul according to the grace of God…called...a wise masterbuilder.
1 Corinthians 4:16
Paul instructs be ye followers of me.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Paul instructs Be ye followers of me.
1 Corinthians 9: 17
Paul committed with a dispensation of the gospel.
1 Corinthians 11:23
Paul received of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:3
Paul delivered first of all that which I also received…
1 Corinthians 15:8
Paul testifies And last of all he [Christ] was seen of me also.
2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God…
Galatians. 1:1
Paul an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ...
Galatians. 1:11
Paul certifies the gospel which was preached of me is not
after man.
Galatians. 1:12
Paul certifies I neither received it [the gospel] of man, neither was
I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians. 1:15, 16
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.”
Galatians. 2:1-9
Paul enlightens the other apostles with
the gospel of
the uncircumcision.
Ephesians. 1:1
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God…
Ephesians. 3:1-9
Paul is given the dispensation of the grace of God.
Philippians. 3:17
Paul exhorts be followers together of me as an ensample.
Philippians. 4:9
Paul
exhorts that “Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do.”
Colossians. 1:1
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God...
Colossians. 1:25-29
Paul
made a minister,
according to the dispensation of God.
1 Timothy. 1:1
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the
commandment of God...
1 Timothy. 1:11
Paul
has the glorious
gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
1 Timothy. 1:16
Paul
obtained mercy that
in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern.
2 Timothy. 1:1
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the
will of God...
2 Timothy. 1:11
Paul
appointed a
preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
2 Timothy. 2:8
Paul
preached that Christ was raised according to my gospel.
Titus 1:1
Paul
an apostle of
Jesus Christ.
Titus 1:3
Paul
in due times
manifested his [God’s] word through preaching, which is committed unto me...
The
Apostle Peter Establishes Pauline Authority:
Acts 15:11,12
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.
Galatians 2:2-9
…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.
2 Peter. 3:15-18
…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
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