Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or dignity of an apostle.
- noun The exercise of the functions of an apostle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or dignity of an apostle.
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- noun The position, post, or duty of being an
apostle
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- noun the position of apostle
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Examples
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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
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[Bengel]. according to the promise of life ... in Christ -- Paul's apostleship is in order to carry into effect this promise.
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The way and manner in which he justifies himself and his apostleship from the opprobrious insinuations and accusations of false teachers, who endeavoured to ruin his reputation at Corinth, ch.x. -xii., and throughout the whole epistle.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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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
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The apostleship is the incarnation of the tradition.
The Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. I. 1872-1939 1903
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"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 1797-1878 1860
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That the apostleship was a gift, or grace from God,
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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We have received the favour of this apostleship, that is grace; and a fitness for it, that is truth.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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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) 1721
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Luke has recorded none, for he tells them (2 Cor.xii. 12) that the signs of his apostleship were among them, in wonders and mighty deeds.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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