James I Cook, A Rainbow of Grace

I didn't get it quite right. The phrase κλητὸςἀπόστολος appeared on the first exam in Jim Cook's class on the Book of Romans, and we were to provide the correct translation. I thought I had it right: "called an apostle." My exam was returned, however, with the correction, "an apostle by God's calling." Along with the correction was a penciled-in explanation of the importance of Paul's recognition and assertion that his calling to be an apostle of Jesus Christ was a call from God himself. Paul was, said the note, not just called or named an apostle by himself and others; Paul knew he was called... Mehr ...