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1 Corinthians 15:5 — Paul knows Jesus had twelve special disciples, including Peter (Cephas)

Skeptics Wrongly Claim Apostle Paul Didn’t Know Jesus 00:10:15 – 00:11:45

Paul's knowledge of Jesus's inner circle of disciples establishes biographical familiarity.

1 Corinthians 15:5 reads: 'He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.' Mike notes that Paul refers to 'the twelve' as a well-known group requiring no further explanation — they were so recognizable to his audience that only a title was needed. 'Cephas' is the Aramaic form of Peter's name. Paul's casual use of 'the twelve' implies shared knowledge of this historical institution within the early Jesus movement.
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Women in Ministry - Prof Craig Keener

Paul's letters stand at the centre of the dispute over women's role in church ministry, with each side of the dispute championing texts from the Apostle. How do we understand the text in 1 Corinthians 14 where Paul instructs women to be silent, or the 1 Timothy 2 passage where women are forbidden to teach or exercise authority over men? Are these texts addressing a specific cultural situation or should they be treated as universal prohibitions? Craig Keener delved deeply into the world of Paul and wrestled with these thorny texts in his book [*Paul, Women and Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul*](/library/25) (Hendrikson, 1992). In a public lecture at Laidlaw's Henderson campus in September 2019, Professor Keener looked at the arguments for both sides of the question: 'are women allowed to be in ministry?', and the approaches various theologians and church traditions have taken throughout the centuries. He gave insights into the culture at the time Paul wrote his letters, and of the way false teachers were targeting women. He notes the importance of considering the original situation of Paul's letters, and that Paul does affirm women's ministry which helps us to see that Paul himself did not prohibit women from teaching the Bible always.

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Skeptics Wrongly Claim Apostle Paul Didn’t Know Jesus @ 00:10:15

2019-03-20

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