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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Since Paul wasn't one of the 12, perhaps the better qustion would be, "What happened to Matthias?"
7 posted on 02/27/2004 5:25:14 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
Act 1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

Act 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Thats funny hes mentioned twice in the whole bible !


But paul on the other hand

Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,




1Cr 1:1 Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother,




2Cr 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:




Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)




Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:




Eph 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,




Phl 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:




Col 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus [our] brother,




1Th 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.




2Th 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:




1Ti 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;




2Ti 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,




2Ti 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ [be] with thy spirit. Grace [be] with you. Amen. [[[The second [epistle] unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.]]]




Tts 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
11 posted on 02/27/2004 8:56:37 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood)
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To: PAR35
***Since Paul wasn't one of the 12, perhaps the better qustion would be, "What happened to Matthias?"****

We might also ask what happened to the "other" James as ther were three. One was killed, the other we hear nothing about and the THIRD James was the Lord's Brother, NOT one of the twelve. Yet he became the bishop of Jerusalem.
15 posted on 02/28/2004 5:42:59 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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