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apostleship

NOUN
  1. the position of apostle

How To Use apostleship In A Sentence

  • In the greeting, Paul establishes his credentials by asserting the divine basis of his apostleship.
  • She nodded as Pastor Bob gave the boys some last instructions in apostleship.
  • His omission of mention of his apostleship is no proof that he was not an apostle; for so also James omits it in his heading; and Paul, in his Epistles to the Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • It was in pursuance of his office: Because of the grace (that is, the apostleship, ch.i. 5) given to me of God, to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, v. 16. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • The apostleship is the incarnation of the tradition. The Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. I.
  • The apostles, it is true, were elders virtually, that is, their apostleship contained all offices in it, but they were not elders formally. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
  • [Bengel]. according to the promise of life ... in Christ -- Paul's apostleship is in order to carry into effect this promise. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • This testimony was the specifical and essential mark whereby the apostleship was distinguished from other magistracy ecclesiastical; as being necessary for an Apostle either to have seen our Saviour after his resurrection or to have conversed with him before, and seen his works, and other arguments of his divinity, whereby they might be taken for sufficient witnesses. Leviathan
  • That the apostleship was a gift, or grace from God, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians
  • The gift of the grace of God," may mean the gracious gift, i.e. the gift due to the grace of God; or, the gift which is the grace of God; so that the charis, grace, as Paul often calls his apostleship, is the thing given. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians
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