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1 | What is an Apostle? | Bible general Archive 2 | Makarios | 101794 | ||
Greetings Taleb, Please provide Scripture references of where Junias, Andronicus, Barnabas, Timothy, Epaphroditus and Silas are explicitly described as "apostles." Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | What is an Apostle? | Bible general Archive 2 | Taleb | 101800 | ||
Makarios, greetings to you also. Rather than listing the many, how about a few samples? Phil 2:25 tells us about "Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier of me, and YOUR APOSTLE (Strong's 652)..." Acts 14:14 "When the apostles (plural) Barnabas and Paul heard of it ..." 1 Thess 1:1. "Paul, Silas and Timothy to the Thessalonian church ... Verse 2 "WE always thank God." Verse 6 "You followed the example set by US" 2:6 "WE (Paul, Silas, Timothy) never sought praise from men, either from you or anyone else, though as Christ's APOSTLES (plural - Paul, Silas, Timothy) WE might have ..." Romans 16:7 "Remember me to Andronicus and Junias, my fellow-countrymen, who went to prison with me. They (Andronicus and Junias) are noted men among the missionaries ..." (strong's 652, the same word always used for the 12 apostles is used here.) If you notice what ALL of these "apostles" were doing during all these Scriptures, it allows us to correctly, and without losing the train of thought, to exchange the word "apostle" for MISSIONARY. Hope this helps, Taleb |
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3 | What is an Apostle? | Bible general Archive 2 | Makarios | 101923 | ||
Greetings Taleb, I agree, Scripture does mention Epaphroditus, Barnabas, Junias and Andronicus as apostles.. You are absolutely right, and I was wrong in my first post. Now, let's look at Silas and Timothy.. Tim Moran mentioned a vague reference for Timothy in 2 Corinthians, which I believe does not have enough weight, in and of itself, to lead us to believe that Timothy was also an apostle, but let us look at the other verses that you have come up with before making a final verdict on the matter.. As for 1 Thessalonians 1:1 and 2:6, I agree that the book was written to Christians from Paul, Silas and Timothy, but I am not so sure that 2:6 is "concrete" evidence for the apostleship of Timothy and Silas, even though we know that Paul was indeed an apostle. Therefore, I need a little more "solid" Scriptural evidence that speaks more directly about Silas and Timothy to convince me that those two were also designated as "apostles" in Scripture. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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4 | What is an Apostle? | Bible general Archive 2 | Morant61 | 101963 | ||
Greetings Makarios! One very minor point of correction, if I may? The vague allusion was to Titus, not Timothy. As much as I would rather it be the other way around, since Timothy is my name sake! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | What is an Apostle? | Bible general Archive 2 | Makarios | 102046 | ||
Greetings Tim! Sorry, my mistake! You are right, it was the reference to Titus as an 'apostle' in 2 Corinthians, not Timothy. Makarios |
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