Schweitzer established his reputation further as a New Testament scholar with other theological studies including The Psychiatric Study of Jesus ( 1911 ); and his two studies of the apostle Paul, Paul and his Interpreters, and the more complete The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle ( 1930 ).

Paul considered Apollos to be an apostle ( 1 Cor 4: 6, 9-13 ) who became a leader in the important Corinthian congregation.

After Christians in Ephesus first wrote to their counterparts recommending Apollos to them, he went to Achaia where Paul names him as an apostle ( 1 Cor 4: 6, 9-13 ) Given that Paul only saw himself as an apostle ' untimely born ' ( 1 Cor 15: 8 ) it is certain that Apollos became an apostle in the regular way ( as a witness to the risen Lord and commissioned by Jesus-1 Cor 15: 5-9 ; 1 Cor 9: 1 ).< ref > So the Alexandrian recension ; the text in < sup > 38 </ sup > and Codex Bezae indicate that Apollos went to Corinth.

Named an apostle in, he and Paul the Apostle undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts against the Judaizers.

This term was used by both the pagan poet Martial and the Christian apostle Paul.

Here, the apostle attempted to convey the underlying concepts about Christ to a Greek audience, and the sermon illustrates some key elements of future Christological discourses that were first brought forward by Paul.

The Protestant reformer Martin Luther denied it was the work of an apostle and termed it an " epistle of straw " as compared to some other books in the New Testament, not least because of the conflict he thought it raised with Paul on the doctrine of justification ( see below ).

The first verse in the letter, according to the late manuscripts used in most English translations, reads, " Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus.

It ends with an account of how Paul was selected and qualified to be an apostle to the Gentiles, in the hope that this will keep them from being dispirited and lead him to pray for them.

It is at this time, whether premeditated or due to an extended stay with the apostle various internal matters are revealed to Paul on the part of Epaphroditus (,,, ,, and ).

The author of Titus identifies himself as " Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ.

The early believer considered heretic Marcion believed that Paul was the only apostle who truly understood Jesus's message.

Fornication is not the only ground for excommunication, according to the apostle: in, Paul says, " I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler-not even to eat with such a one.

The first epistle of Paul the apostle to the Corinthians, often referred to as First Corinthians ( and written as 1 Corinthians ), is the seventh book of the New Testament of the Bible.

The apostle Paul believes healing is one of the special gifts of the Holy Spirit, and that the possibility exists that certain persons may possess this gift to an extraordinarily high degree.

* Acts 19: 6, when a group of approximately a dozen men spoke in tongues in Ephesus as they received the Holy Spirit while the apostle Paul laid his hands upon them.

Like Nayler before them, they saw no reason why men should remove their hats for prayer, arguing that men and women should be treated as equals and if, as according to the apostle Paul, women should cover their heads, then so could men.

In the apostle Peter, in what has become a famous proclamation of faith among Christians since the first century, said, " You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Indeed, at the end of the 19th century scholar Ernest DeWitt Burton wrote that there could be " no reasonable doubt " that 1 John and the gospel were written by the same author, and Amos Wilder has said that, " Early Christian tradition and the great majority of modern scholars have agreed on the common authorship of these writings, even where the author has not been identified with the apostle John.

There was no greater prince of peace and apostle of non-violence than Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, whom we have lost, but yet, he said it was better to take the sword than to surrender, fail or run away.

This epistle, it has been well said, shows the individuality of the apostle more than any other.

The Last Supper specifically portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray him.

However, when Mormon apostle Wilford Woodruff spoke to a small congregation in the Iona area on June 17, 1884, he said:

The earliest Christian place of worship in Malta is said to be the cavern on the north-east of Malta, now known as St. Paul's Grotto, where the apostle was imprisoned during his stay on Malta.

Instead, the apostle " Thaddaeus " is said to have come to Edessa, bearing the words of Jesus, by the virtues of which the king was miraculously healed.

In the Latin narrative, " Manes " is said to have come, after his flight from court, from Arabion, a frontier fortress, to Caschar or Carchar, a town said to be in Roman Mesopotamia, in the hope of converting an eminent Christian there, named Marcellus, to whom he had sent a letter beginning: " Manichæus apostle of Jesus Christ, and all the saints and virgins with me, send peace to Marcellus.

According to the Chronicle of St. Bertin, her father sent her to the Monastery at Senlis, where she would remain " under his protection and royal episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry in the way the apostle said, that is suitably and legally.

Almost half of these are said to have been written by Leucius Charinus ( known as the Leucian Acts ), a companion of John the apostle.

The concept is widely credited with having originated with the apostle Paul, who is said to have commented that the church is a " body with many limbs and organs ".

He showed his disaffection when the apostle killed al-Harith b. Suwayd b. Samit and said:

The apostle said, " Who will deal with this rascal for me?

John Gill in his commentary of 1 Corinthians 15: 29 remarked, "... some think the apostle has in view a custom of some, who when their friends died without baptism, used to be baptized in their room ; this is said to be practiced by the Marcionites in Tertullian's time, and by the Corinthians in the times of the Apostle John ; but it does not appear to have been in use in the times of the Apostle Paul ; and besides, if it had been, as it was a vain and superstitious one, he would never have mentioned it without a censure ..."

He is said to have studied under Gamaliel with Saul of Tarsus, who was to become Paul the apostle.

He is quoted by his opponent Eusebius as having said " For what else do the words mean, ' until the times of the restitution ' ( Acts 3: 21 ), but that the apostle designed to point out that time in which all things partake of that perfect restoration.

* Saint Peter, Christian apostle: according to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down at his own request ( hence the Cross of St. Peter ), as he did not feel worthy to die the same way as Jesus.

The apostle Paul claimed rank and privilege as a Roman citizen on account of his birth at Tarsus ; the Caledonian tribes in the south of Scotland were invested with the same rights by an edict of Antoninus Pius.

The Prophecy of Berchán, however, claims that he died " in the house of the same holy apostle, where his father ", that is at the céli dé monastery of St Andrews.

Some versions have the apostle St. Bartholomew arriving in Armenia about the same time to also be martyred.

David Whitmer was also excommunicated from the church at the same time and apostle Lyman E. Johnson was disfellowshipped ; John Whitmer and Phelps had been excommunicated for similar reasons a month earlier.

Draves, an elder in the Fettingite group, claimed to be receiving messages from an angelic being who identified himself as John the Baptist -- the same person who had allegedly appeared to Fettingite founder Otto Fetting, a former apostle of the Church of Christ ( Temple Lot ).

The first documented use of the description of Saint Peter as first bishop of Rome, rather than as the apostle who commissioned its first bishop, dates from 354, and the phrase " the Apostolic See ", which refers to the same apostle, began to be used exclusively of the see of Rome, a usage found also in the Acts of the Council of Chalcedon.

This is often accepted to be the same person as the apostle Jude, though some scholars see the identification as uncertain.

Following the death of Church President Howard W. Hunter, Eyring was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the church on April 1, 1995 and ordained an apostle later that same week.

Although an early revelation dated June 1829 referred to Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery as receiving the same calling as the apostle Paul, Joseph had not yet started a church, or created the office known today as the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Ezra Taft Benson ( February 22, 1811 – September 3, 1869 ) ( commonly referred to as Ezra T. Benson to distinguish him from his great-grandson of the same name ) was as an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Some versions have the apostle Bartholomew arriving in Armenia about the same time to also be martyred.

Grant was ordained an apostle on the same date.

Future President of the Church Wilford Woodruff was also ordained as an apostle on the same day.

His grandfather, for whom he was named, was also an LDS Church apostle as well as a cousin of Church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. John Henry Smith and George Albert Smith are the only father and son pair to have been members of the Quorum of the Twelve at the same time, having served in the Quorum together between 1903 and 1910.