1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all 2 grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ (KJV).
Paul's second epistle to the Corinthians begins with his apostolic authority. He described his position as an apostle as one born out of due time and called himself the least of the apostles, unfitting because of his earlier persecution of the Church. Since Paul was not one of the first twelve apostles, he referred to himself as "born out of due time" instead of born into apostleship with the other originals. The first credential for apostleship was a personal eyewitness of Jesus. An apostle (Gr αποστολος ah-pos-toh-los or one sent on a mission) is one whom God has sent on an errand or with a message. An apostle is accountable to his Sender and carries the authority of his Sender. An apostleship is the office an apostle holds.
Jesus Christ Himself has an "apostleship." He wears "Apostle" as one of His descriptive titles (Hebrews 3:1). He was sent to earth by the Heavenly Father with God's authoritative message, which He faithfully delivered (John 17:1–5).
While Jesus was here on earth, He personally selected from His many followers twelve men and gave them an apostleship—special responsibility to receive and spread His message after He returned to heaven (John 17:6–20; Matthew 10:1–4; Mark 3:14–15). These chosen and sent ones were His apostles. During the time Jesus was training them, He did not explain the criteria that He used to choose them.
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