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WHEN WAS SAUL / PAUL SAVED ?

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This is what Gal 1:15 says !

#1 BUT // DE , is a CONJUNCATION

# 2 WHEN // NOTE is an ADVERB

# 3 IT PLEASED // EUDOKEO , is inthe AORIST TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE , INDICATIVE MOOD , in the SINGULAR

# 4 GOD // THEOS , in the NOMINATIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 5 WHO // HO , is a DEFINTE ARTICLE , in the NONINATIVE MOOD , in the SINGULAR

# 6 SEPARATED // APHORIZO , in the AOTIST TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE , in the PARTICIPLE TENSE , in the NOMINATIVE CASE ,

in the SIGNULAR

# 7 ME // ME is a PERSONAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUN , in the ACCUSAIVE CASE , in te SIGNULAR

# 8 FROM // EK , is a PERPOSTION

# 9 MY // is a PERSONAL POSSESSIVE PRONUN , in the ENTIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 10 MOTHERS // METER , in the GENITIVE CASE , in the SIGNULAR

# 11 WOMB // KILIO , in the GENITIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 12 AND // KAI , is a CONJUNCATION

# 13 CALLED // KALEO , in the AORIST TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE , is a PARTICIPLE TENSE , n the NOMINATVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 14 BY // DIA , is a PROPOSITION

# 15 HIS // AUTO , PERSONAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUN , in the GENITIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 16 GRACE // in the GENITIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

And Paul is the FIRST // PROTOS , one saved by GRACE 1 tim 1 :15 and is the APOSTLE to the GENTILES and to preach

THE DISPENSATION and the MYSTERY , Rom 16:25 and verse 6 , having been known to all GENTILES , FOR OBEDIENCE

OF FAITH , and that all HAVE to know the MYSTERY to be in the FAITH !!

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This verse is about Paul's calling, not about his conversion.

Read Acts 9.
This verse is about Paul's calling, not about his conversion.

Read Acts 9.
And all those that CHOSEN , is in Eph 1:4 as HE , CHOSE , BEFORE // APO the foundation of the WORLD .

Then SAUL was saved in ACTS 9:5 .

Amd 1 Tim 1:15 is the FIRST // PROTOS saved by Grace and the FIRST in the BODY of Christ

And 1 Tim 16 Paul is the PATTEN of the ones COMING to believe on HIM unto EVERLASTING LIFE .

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And all those that CHOSEN , is in Eph 1:4 as HE , CHOSE , BEFORE // APO the foundation of the WORLD .

Then SAUL was saved in ACTS 9:5 .

Amd 1 Tim 1:15 is the FIRST // PROTOS saved by Grace and the FIRST in the BODY of Christ

And 1 Tim 16 Paul is the PATTEN of the ones COMING to believe on HIM unto EVERLASTING LIFE .

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Paul's conversion experience was not the norm. God does not choose every Christian "before the foundation of the world."

Ephesians 1:9, 13
"He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ. In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed."
 
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Paul's conversion experience was not the norm. God does not choose every Christian "before the foundation of the world."

Ephesians 1:9, 13
"He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ. In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed."
Au contraire. . .

Eph 1:4.
 
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Au contraire. . .

Eph 1:4.

Ephesians 1:4 is what I am responding to. As such, I don't think you understand my argument.

The mystery was not made known the the Ephesians. It was made known to the prophets and Apostles through revelation. Further, we see in verse 13 that Paul is clearly speaking of a separate group (In Him you also) to which also receive blessings from God through the Holy Spirit.
 
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Ephesians 1:4 is what I am responding to. As such, I don't think you understand my argument.
Good chance of that. . .
The mystery was not made known the the Ephesians. It was made known to the prophets and Apostles through revelation. Further, we see in verse 13 that Paul is clearly speaking of a separate group (In Him you also) to which also receive blessings from God through the Holy Spirit.
I'd say it was made known by visions and revelations to Paul (2 Co 12:1-7), for not all of Eph 1:4-14 was revelation given to the prophets and apostles.
 
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I'd say it was made known by visions and revelations to Paul (2 Co 12:1-7), for not all of Eph 1:4-14 was revelation given to the prophets and apostles.

Paul says the mystery was made known to "us" and he wasn't speaking of himself in the plural. Therefore, he is contrasting different groups based on Ephesians 1:13. Paul lays out exactly who the "us" is in Ephesians 2:20, which Paul then contrasts once again the exact way, "In Him you also" in Ephesians 2:22.
 
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@Clare73, further evidence for my view from Ephesians is this verse...

Ephesians 3:5
"This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:"

So the "mystery" to which Paul says was revealed to "us" was not the Ephesians but the Apostles and prophets to whom are also those who were "predenstined before the foundation of the world." In other words, Paul is not speaking ABOUT the Ephesians in Ephesians 1:3-12, but TO them about the Apostles and prophets and their calling to which it is also said,

1 Corinthians 4:1
"A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God."
 
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@Clare73, I would like to send you a PM if you are okay with that so that I can better articulate my soteriology to you. You have "liked" my posts, which shows you are at least not hostile towards my ideas here. I have been working on my understanding of Soteriology for years. I would love to find another person who can agree with me because, as of yet, no one has thought I am right, largely because they are already convinced of other soteriology systems like Calvinism and Arminianism, which they are committed to.
 
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This verse is about Paul's calling, not about his conversion.

Read Acts 9.
Amd what not give verse or verses ??

And did you read the OP ?

Read it , and will be glad to explain as I wrote all the Greek word in my opening OP !!

AND maybe you can explain why SAUL / PAUL was BAPTIZED ??

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Amd what not give verse or verses ??

And did you read the OP ?

Read it , and will be glad to explain as I wrote all the Greek word in my opening OP !!

AND maybe you can explain why SAUL / PAUL was BAPTIZED ??

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I did read it.

Paul was baptised because Christ commands that we be baptized.
 
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I did read it.

Paul was baptised because Christ commands that we be baptized.
And you do have verse , that Christ commands that we be BAPYIZED ?

Just asking , WHY did you leave WATER out of your senence ??

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And you do have verse , that Christ commands that we be BAPYIZED ?

Just asking , WHY did you leave WATER out of your senence ??

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Matthew 28:16-20
"The eleven disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but some doubted. Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”"

Water baptism is what Christ is commanding here. Elsewhere we see,

Matthew 3:11-12
"“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”"

Therefore, baptism, in both the baptism of water and the baptism of fire, is what Christ intends for us.
 
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@Clare73, further evidence for my view from Ephesians is this verse...

Ephesians 3:5
"This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:"

So the "mystery" to which Paul says was revealed to "us" was not the Ephesians but the Apostles and prophets to whom are also those who were "predenstined before the foundation of the world." In other words, Paul is not speaking ABOUT the Ephesians in Ephesians 1:3-12, but TO them about the Apostles and prophets and their calling to which it is also said,

1 Corinthians 4:1
"A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God."
And all should consider First these verses :

1 Cor 3:10 where Paul LAIDED , FIRST the FOUNDATION !!

Then there is this verse in Rom 15:4 , I HAD WRITTEN BEFORE // PROGAPHO , is in the Greek AORIST TENSE

and means it was written in the PAST , in the INDICATIVE MOOD , means you better belikeve it , in the SINGULAR

IN A FEW WORDS // OLIGOS , in the DATIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR , and spoke only one TIME of the FOUNDATION

in 1 Cor 3:10 .

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@Clare73, I would like to send you a PM if you are okay with that so that I can better articulate my soteriology to you. You have "liked" my posts, which shows you are at least not hostile towards my ideas here. I have been working on my understanding of Soteriology for years. I would love to find another person who can agree with me because, as of yet, no one has thought I am right, largely because they are already convinced of other soteriology systems like Calvinism and Arminianism, which they are committed to.
Sure. . .send it to me.

But I may not be in agreement with everything.
 
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This verse is about Paul's calling, not about his conversion.

Read Acts 9.
And prove that Act 9 is his CALLING ??

And you FIRST since say it is his callig and NOT his Conversion ??

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And prove that Act 9 is his CALLING ??

And you FIRST since say it is his callig and NOT his Conversion ??

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I am saying Galatians 1:15 is about his calling. Acts 9 is his conversion.
 
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