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Paul names 5 things on this site
- Paul, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Paul the Apostle, a person of Scripture.First-century apostle to the Gentiles; former Pharisee turned missionary and author of a significant portion of the New Testament.
- Paul the Apostle, a person of Scripture.The apostle to the Gentiles — once Saul the persecutor, arrested by the risen Christ on the Damascus road; author of Romans and thirteen New Testament letters.
- Paul the Tentmaker, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- Paul of Cirta, a voice this site quotes.The bishop of Cirta in Africa whose answers to the search of his church on 19 May 303 stand in the record read before Zenophilus in 320.
Featured studies
34 results- Study1 Corinthians: the Study GuideChrist crucified (the wisdom and power of God) answering a divided, gifted, immature church: the report Paul heard (chs 1–6), the questions the Corinthians asked (chs 7–16, 'now concerning'), and…
- Study2 Corinthians: the Study GuidePaul's most autobiographically exposed letter: comfort carried through affliction, glory outshining Moses' veil, the grace of giving, and power made perfect in weakness.
- StudyThe Pauline EpistlesThirteen letters from one apostle, read by the occasions that drew them out of him: the church-planting follow-ups, the prison letters, and the pastorals.
- Study1 Thessalonians: the Study GuideThe model church's faith, love and hope, and a letter that closes every chapter looking for the Lord's return: the parousia refrain at 1:10, 2:19, 3:13, 4:16-17, and 5:23.
- StudyPaul the TentmakerA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
Verses
209 results- VerseActs 17:33At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
- VerseActs 18:1After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
- Verse1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
- Verse1 Corinthians 1:13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
- VerseActs 19:11God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
People
35 results- PersonPaul the ApostleFirst-century apostle to the Gentiles; former Pharisee turned missionary and author of a significant portion of the New Testament.
- PersonPaul the ApostleThe apostle to the Gentiles — once Saul the persecutor, arrested by the risen Christ on the Damascus road; author of Romans and thirteen New Testament letters.
- PersonPhoebeA deaconess of the church at Cenchreae whom Paul commended, and the likely carrier of the letter to the Romans (Rom 16:1-2).
- PersonAquilaA Jewish tentmaker of Pontus who, with his wife Priscilla, labored alongside Paul and "laid down their own necks" for him (Rom 16:3-4; Acts 18).
- PersonLukeThe beloved physician and companion of Paul; careful historian of the orderly account — the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, one two-volume work to Theophilus.
Places
16 results- PlaceCaesareaHerod's harbor city on the coast and the seat of the Roman governors of Judea, where Cornelius's household received the Spirit and where Paul spent two years in custody before…
- PlaceLystraThe Lycaonian town where Paul healed a lame man, the crowd tried to sacrifice to him and Barnabas as gods and then stoned him and left him for dead, and the home of Timothy.
- PlaceMiletusThe port where Paul, hurrying to Jerusalem, summoned the Ephesian elders for the farewell address that is the only speech in Acts delivered to a Christian audience.
- PlaceNicopolisCity on Greece's western coast where Paul determined to winter and summoned Titus (Titus 3:12).
- PlaceGalatiaThe region and Roman province of central Asia Minor to whose churches Paul wrote his most urgent letter, whether to the ethnic north or to the provincial south of Acts 13 and 14.
Manuscripts
2 results- ManuscriptCodex ClaromontanusPaul's letters with Greek and Latin side by side — and a list, tucked between two books, of which writings its owner counted as Scripture.
- ManuscriptChester Beatty Papyrus II (P46)The oldest substantial copy of Paul's letters — and it already treats Hebrews as one of them.
Words (Strong's)
3 results- WordG3972 Παῦλος · Paûlos (Greek)(little. The Greek word stands 158 times in the original text.
- WordG4549 Σαούλ · Saoúl (Greek)Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul. The Greek word stands 9 times in the original text.
- WordG4569 Σαῦλος · Saûlos (Greek)Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul. The Greek word stands 15 times in the original text.
Themes
9 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- ThemeCreationScripture opens with a claim, not an argument: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1). The Genesis account moves in an ordered six-day sequence…
Topics
2 resultsProphecies
4 results- ProphecyResurrection on the Third DayHosea's prophecy of revival on the third day, read corporately as Israel's restoration, is echoed in the Messiah's resurrection on the third day. Paul specifies that the…
- ProphecySon Raised to Eternal ThroneThe Davidic Covenant promised an eternal throne to David's seed. Paul argues in Acts 13 that this eternal kingship required resurrection—a dead king cannot reign forever. The…
- ProphecyDeath Swallowed Up in VictoryIsaiah prophesied that God would personally defeat death and remove its power. Paul cites this as prophetic grounding for Christ's resurrection as the firstfruits and the…
- ProphecyLed Captivity Captive and Gave GiftsDavid's psalm describes a victorious king ascending to the heights after conquest, leading captives in triumph and distributing spoils. Paul applies this directly to Christ's…
Apologetics
4 results- ApologeticsApostolic Martyrdom as Evidence of Sincere BeliefClement of Rome, writing from Rome around AD 96 within living memory of the events, records that Peter and Paul "bore testimony" and died there. Sean McDowell's 2015 study…
- ApologeticsThe Resurrection: Historical CasePaul's list of resurrection witnesses in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 is a formula he received before he wrote it — dated by scholars across the spectrum, believing and atheist alike…
- ApologeticsEarly Church Creedal Formulas1 Corinthians 15:3-7 is not Paul's composition — he says he "received" it, and its Aramaic name-forms, non-Pauline vocabulary and balanced clauses mark it as a fixed formula…
- ApologeticsThe Erastus Inscription at CorinthA limestone paving block still lying in the square beside the theatre at Corinth reads ERASTVS PRO AEDILIT[AT]E S P STRAVIT — "Erastus laid this pavement at his own expense in…
Voices
6 results- VoicePaul of CirtaThe bishop of Cirta in Africa whose answers to the search of his church on 19 May 303 stand in the record read before Zenophilus in 320.
- VoiceActs of Peter and PaulActs of Peter and Paul (d. ~500). Early Church documents voice from the church's historical commentary tradition, present in MannaFest's quote pool with source citations. Full…
- VoicePaulus OrosiusOrosius was born about 375 in Roman Spain, probably at Braga in the northwest, and became a priest there. Around 414 he fled — his own account speaks of barbarian invasion, and…
- VoiceMalchionPaul of Samosata was bishop of Antioch and one of the most powerful men in Syria. He held civil office under Zenobia of Palmyra at the same time, went about with a bodyguard…
- VoicePhilip BlissPhilip Paul Bliss was born in a Pennsylvania log cabin and worked in lumber camps and sawmills from the age of eleven. He heard a piano for the first time at ten and, by the…