Ephesians 3:1-5 (KJV): "For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of menas it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 4:15 [AKJV]: " For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." What in the world does that mean, many instructors and few fathers? What was the Holy Spirit through Paul telling us? Later in this same letter, Paul would write: "If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual , let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord." 1 Corinthians 14:37. That the things that Paul would write were commandments of the Lord, that they were of and from the now risen Christ. Elsewhere concerning the giving of the gospel wrote: "But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it , but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." Galatians 1:11-1...


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