[smvoice]

"Probably"?? Isn't that speculation? Why speculate when God gives us the answer? That's what NOT rightly dividing God's Word of Truth DOES: causes us to SPECULATE.

Why not make Paul one of the 12? Did Paul consider himself to be part of that group or did he consider himself DIFFERENT?

"Yet God chooses him to do His work".

Just what work did God choose Paul to do? Was it the same as Peter and the 11? After all, Jesus Christ said to Peter and the 11 in the great commission to go and teach ALL NATIONS. That would have included Gentiles. Why after Mathias was chosen, would there be a need to raise up another Apostle, Paul? Would he not have been duplicating what was already given to the 12?

[redleghunter]

My point was our minds are not His Mind. God chose Paul to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles and he also preached it to the Jews. My other point is we should not read into it more than what is there.