Salutation

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

²⁸ And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.

Salutation

1 Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

¹⁵ But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased

¹⁶ to reveal his Son to me,^[a] so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being,