Paul played a significant role in the foundation and growth of Christianity. ... Paul was an advocate for the inclusion of all among the followers of Christianity. ... Although Luther conducted these acts hundreds of years after Paul's existence, Paul's teachings had an enormous impact on Luther's work. Luther adopted the concept of justification by faith from the teachings of Paul. ... All expressions of Christianity look to Paul to clarify teachings and concepts. ...

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Also in Acts 23:16 Luke mentions Paul's sister. It never mentions that Paul has a wife at all. ... Paul preached at the synagogue which was the place that Paul always preached. ... Paul and Silas went then to Thessalonica and tarried there and Paul preached the gospel for three Sabbath days. ... Trials always followed Paul. ...

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In Galatians, Paul notes the importance of love as one of the "Fruits of the Spirit ". ... Paul challenged this belief in the council of Jerusalem in 50ce. ... Paul believed this would lead to a spiritually stronger church. ... Paul gave examples of the adherent's ideal life, which had a transforming effect on Christianity not because of its content, but because Paul admitted sin was inevitable. ... Through Paul's teachings of Jesus' love and God's grace through salvation, Paul revolutionized the Christian religion. ...

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Paul's writings actually subordinate women to men. ... Paul's letters to the Galatians and Corinthians Paul argues that everyone is equal in the eyes of God. ... Paul's writings actually subordinate women to men. ... Paul's wittings he writes on the differences of the sexes. ... Paul's writings subordinate women to men. ...

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Paul's views on the proper relationship of Judaism to Christianity The spread of Christianity to the Non-Jews or Gentile world could not have been possible without the works of one man, Paul of Tarsus. ... You would think that Paul someone who grew up in good Jewish family, would agree with this notion but he clearly disagree with this. ... On the view on what leads to salvation Paul says "For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law." ... Paul also ties the Holy Spirit into this relationship. ... To conclude Paul views on the relationship between Jews and Chr...

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But the one thing Paul always had was a message. ... Paul communicated to his audience through letters. ... First, Paul was very urgent with his messages. ... I also view Paul's letters as a public message. ... And all Paul needed was a bigger stage. ...

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The First Missionary Journeys of Paul I. Directed by the Holy Spirit Paul and Barnabas traveled from their home base in Antioch, Syria to Seleucia, Cyprus and Pathos. A. In Pathos they found Bar Jesus (Elymas), a Jewish false prophet who claimed to be sorcerer and attempted to discredit their teach...

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Although the role of the Torah in Paul's letters and the Gospel of Matthew are different, they have some similar ideas. Paul's opinion regarding the Torah was that a person does not get to heaven by obeying laws. ... Salvation, which is a relationship with God through the risen Christ, was what Paul preached. ... Like in Paul's letter's, believing and faith is essential in Matthew. ... As you can see, the role of the Torah in Matthew differs greatly from its role in Paul's letters. ...

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., Paul wrote six letters while he was in Ephisis. ... By Paul's day, Corinth was a good commercial center. ... Most of Paul's community was of Gentile ancestry, not Jewish. ... Paul felt that the community was in a crisis. ... Paul's pastoral task was community formation. ...

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Questions arise from Paul's metaphorical use of "skovkoloy th/: sarkiv.... The problem is to decide how the dative functions in this passage and whether τῇ σαρκί is referring to Paul's body or referring to Paul's carnality and fleshly desires. ... What are Paul's previous experiences with messengers from Satan in the demonic sense? ... The thorn was obviously given to Paul, but because there is no agent mentioned to have given the thorn to Paul, it is assumed that ἐδόθη is a use of the divine passive. ... Instead, Paul is depicted as a weak man who lack...

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Towards the beginning of his letter, Paul discusses God's anger at sin. ... Paul moves on to discuss God's judgment of sin. ... Paul moves forward to discuss how God continues to remain faithful. ... First of all, I am in complete agreement with all of Paul's letter. ... I struggle with Paul's guidance every moment of my life. ...

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Paul had traveled to Philippi and then to Greece for the first time. ... They formed a community of believers there and Paul was the founder of this new Christian community. ... After Paul, Timothy, and Silas had left Thessalonica, Paul became concerned about them because he heard that there were questions within the community that they were unable to resolve on their own. Paul sent his assistant Timothy back to them to help them work through these problems. When Timothy returned to Paul with a report on conditions at Thessalonica, this served as the occasion for Paul's letters. ...

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Beginning in Chapter 6, Verse 15, Paul poses a key question to the believers in Rome; "What then? ... Paul answers with an astounding, "By no means!" Paul intends to combat the tendency of falling victim to the desires of the flesh. ... Paul confronts every reader to consider what good there is in offering your body to sin. ... In closing, Paul reiterates the benefits of obedience, which are holiness, and eternal life. ...

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The apostle Paul writes to a church that in many ways resembles a church from modern times. ... Paul wrote this part of his letter to clear up this confusion about the resurrection. ... Paul goes on in this passage to say what the end result of denying the resurrection is. ... If that is the case, then Paul's own preaching and the faith of Christians is in vain, a waste of time. ... Both Paul's preaching and their faith are empty if Christ has not been raised. ...

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Paul says in verse 13, "For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve." ... Would Paul want untrained or uneducated women teaching women and children? ... Furthermore, Paul was writing a letter. ... When Paul says: I do not permit a woman to teach, he is speaking as inspired of God. This does not represent Paul's own personal prejudice, as some say. ...

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The name Paul is defined humble and viewed in a catholic way as St. Paul who was the person wrote the bible which also goes back to Paul Sheldon who both write books, and both Paul's experienced suffering due to their works( Saint Paul was persecuted to death and Paul Sheldon experience suffering due his fan's obsession). ... First, the car of Paul which is mustang and being used in snow storm. ... Every time Annie gives a pain reliever to Paul it was always in the number of 2's that the pills were assumable to affect Paul's recovery into delayed. ... Paul also believe tha...

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Paul's letters to the Galatians compounded throughout early Christianity and it significantly influenced some of the early reformers, such as Marin Luther. In his Commentary to the Galatians, Paul's work is described as being "the epistle to the Galatians is my epistle. ... " Luther had great respect for the letters that Paul's sent to the Galatians and this is evidenced throughout his treatise entitled, "The Freedom of a Christian." It is difficult to assess whether or not Paul would fully agree with the work that Luther produced from his analysis of Galat...

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Paul. ... Paul was responsible for finding communities in Cyprus, Asia Minor, Macedonia and Greece. "It was Paul who provided a universal foundation for the spread of Jesus" ideas." ... Misuse of his preaching was another problem that Paul dealt with. ... Paul can both be considered reformers of their respective communities. ...

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It should, furthermore, be noted that Paul begins this chapter by saying, "Therefore, being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.... Nevertheless, these ideas are not merely the production of these theologians rather "the present writer is the tradition of orthodox Reformation theology, preceded by the evangelical thought of Anselm and Gottschalk to Augustine and ultimately to the emphasis of Paul in the Epistles of Romans, 1 Corinthians, Galatians, and Ephesians," and wholeheartedly believes that evangelical theology should "stand where t...

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"It's 1997, I"m sitting in my room asking myself the question that will change my life. What is my purpose in life? At that time I was pretty sure that I was suppose to be a professional baseball player. But God had some different plans. That next morning I woke up to go to church camp. I was ju...

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However, we can see Paul blaming the Galatians about their fickleness of obeying the false messages in Galatians 1:6-9. Paul tells us that those messages from the false prophets are denying Christ's message. ... I think that we as Christians must know the Bible in detail so that we won't be confused by any others but tell the truth like Paul tells us here. ...

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The Apostle Paul frequently uses this passage as a guideline when discussing women and women's issues. ... First of all, this was a letter written by Paul to a young preacher named Timothy. ... Furthermore, in 1 Corinthians 11: 4 - 5 Paul states, "Every woman who prays or prophesies. . ." ... She accepted the Gospel message from Paul and Silas while at a place of prayer. ... For this reason Paul encourages wome...

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The final point for effective biblical leadership is the examples and descriptions laid out through the ministry and service of the Early Church and its leaders, especially the Apostle Paul, as a servant leader. ... Along those lines, in Compassionate Leadership, Ted Engstrom and Paul Cedar believe that, "When we love one another as Christ has loved us, we will submit to one another in love and we will give ourselves to one another just as Christ has done for us!... The final point of effective biblical leadership deals with the lessons, problems, and solutions that the Early Church suffe...

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Today there is no dispute that Paul is the author of I Corinthians. ... Paul began his ministry there on his second missionary journey. ... Most likely, Paul left Corinth in the fall of AD 51. Paul returned to Corinth on his third trip to Asia, c. fall, AD 52. ... Paul dealt with these problems one by one, but the pinnacle of Paul's argument is in chapter 13 where he emphasizes the importance of love. ...

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Paul rides a rocking horse to become close to god, whereas the biblical figure of Saul/Paul was riding a horse into Damascus when he he encountered and became close to god. other references to this are the fact that the writer makes note of Paul's eyes, which in the bible Saul is struck blind briefly by god. ... Paul uses the rocking-horse a lot like catholics would use a rosary to pray with. ... Paul is growing up in poverty, Jesus grew up in poverty. ... Paul had unconditional love for his mother, Jesus had unconditional love for everyone and god. Paul sacrificed himself for his fami...

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