2 Corinthians 12:12
The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
Many people are claiming to be an apostle today, where are their signs, wonders and mighty works that are documented by independent sources??
Let me tell you...Paul was speaking of himself. Those were the signs of
his commission.
Paul taught us something about the Body of Christ, too. We are not all cookie-cutter Christians. Study the parts (apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher) which is the hand of God.
Then study the spiritual gifts.
Then reason that we do not all have the same ministry/call/body-part, and we do not all have the same gift or gifts, one may have one gift, another has six, and another has four, and another has four also but four different spiritual gift(s). It just falls on the good pleasure of God's Will and where He baptizes you into the Body of Christ. Ya falla?
Study Paul's ministry and discern his gift-ministry/call/body-part (he might have more than one), and then see if you can discern his spiritual gifts. An apostle today may not have raised the dead (Pete also) but they are commissioned to do something for his/her Lord and the spiritual gifts assist in accomplishing that call/function of God. Plus there are the "pounds."
And the talents.
And here too, not every believer has the same talent but they will all have only one pound.
Right?
Maybe there is more to what the Holy Spirit said in Acts 13:2. Maybe there was someone who was there in the Antioch church that was at Corinth when he wrote and knew the person would be there with the epistle's/letter's arrival? Maybe part of the prophecy was exactly as he described in his Corinthian letter for benefit of someone who would read the letter or know its contents - Paul did write to the CHURCH at Corinth, so this was a letter that was read/shared with/to the brethren.
Then we date the letter. Etc. This should be fun.