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Hello @Doug, I missed this one, sorry. The record of the word of God is the basis, for as I said in the entry you responded to. 'For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this...

;Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: That Christ should suffer, and that He should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should...

'Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man (ie., Christ Jesus) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by Him (i.e., Christ Jesus) all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. ' (Act...

Hello @Doug, 'And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is His body, (soma:- a sound whole) the fulness of Him (pleroma:- fills up) that filleth all in all.' (Eph 1:22-23) Note:- See Eph_1:10. His members "fill up" the body of...

Please read my previous responses. Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

Please see the previous post - #394 . Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

'So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.' (Rom 12:5) Hello @Doug, One company, yes. This context is concerning the gifts of grace, which during the Acts period were displayed among the members, all receiving of the root and fatness of Israel's Olive...

Hello @Doug, Paul and all the other Apostles and Prophets preached concerning 'The Mystery of Christ', for it was revealed to them by God (Eph. 3:4 & 5): but only Paul received the divine revelation concerning 'The Mystery': which he made known to all who visited him in prison, and via the...

Hello @Doug, I am sorry to have misunderstood you. In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello Doug, The epistles written prior to the prison epistles of Paul contain the truths concerning The Mystery of Christ, for it was revealed to all the Apostles and Prophets including Paul: being the subject of the Old Testament prophets in type and shadow; but requiring the revelation of God...

Hello @Doug, I do thank you for your OP, and the points you have raised. It was a joy to consider each in turn. Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @Doug, 12) The Divinely revealed Mystery which Paul administered from prison, via his epistles written from there (Eph. Phil. Col. 2Tim. Titus & Phile.), reveal the truth concerning The Church which is The Body of Christ, of which Christ is the Head, and yes, as you say, it reveals the...

'Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace;' (Eph 2:15) Hello @Doug. Your verse quoted above from Eph. 2, is part of The Mystery revealed to Paul, while in prison: the...

'For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's...

Hello @Doug, We are told time and again in the book of the Acts and elsewhere, how Paul would spend hours and days, with the Scriptures open before him, persuading his listeners that Jesus is the Christ. It was also the Old Testament scriptures that the men of Berea searched, who were...

'Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it...

'But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My People. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and...

Hello @Doug, The words Paul spoke before Agrippa were emphatic, 'saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come'. If the Word of God is to be believed then it must be shown to be trustworthy, and so I will stand by what is written. Thank you In Christ...

'Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in...

'Now to Him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of...