Or perhaps you think one of the others was greater than these 2. I tend to lean toward Paul but Peter actually knew Jesus as a man and maybe Paul just seems greater because we don't know as much about Peter's life and how much he suffered to spread the gospel as we do about Paul's. What are people's thoughts on this?
2007-01-10 02:59:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lukusmcai - That was an interesting answer you gave. (I didn't give you thumbs down because that is your opinion and that's what this site is for) Do you want to expound abit?
2007-01-10 06:09:19 · update #1
To Lewis Y - Thanks for the website. I put it in my favorites.
2007-01-10 06:16:17 · update #2
The word apostle in the New testament is translated from the Greek word "apostolos"
which means "ambassador" or "messenger", "One who represents the sender". I am quoting from the Harper's bible dictionary.
2007-01-10 08:02:18 · update #3
First, greatness is a relative word when it comes to servants of Christ. In reality, there are no great men of God but only humble men whom God has chosen to use greatly.
Having said that, I do believe that God used Paul to spread the gospel to a wider audience than that of Peter. However, we cannot discard the fact that Peter was the first to preach the gospel after the day of Pentecost and the first to receive the revelation that the door was now being opened to the Gentiles. I beleive that these 2 men, along with James, exerted the most influence on the early church and that without them, Christianity would not have had the impact it did.
2007-01-10 03:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by mark777 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peter was manily an Apostle to the Jews, Yes he did preached to some gentiles, & Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom of Heaven, Apostle Paul was the 1st Church age messenger to the Gentiles. Even though all the Apostles has a role in the gospel, I will pick Paul over them all, But that is not taking away from the other 12, Because each one had their own important part, & when it comes down to the true Revelation of God's word, They all had it the same way, but maybe in a different way of explaining it, but when all said & done the revelation was the same.
2007-01-10 03:10:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He believes the apostles were previously him because he both persecuted Christians previously being saved and he did not see Christ's existence as Peter did. do not forget the first letter to the Corinthians: 1Co 15:9 For i'm the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be referred to as an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Your Galatians verses tutor that the apostles were not ideal, yet not something more desirable than that. He became offended that Peter would tell the Gentiles to stay like Jews yet not any incorrect way round. Even the chiefest human beings require correction each and every once and a lengthy time period.
2016-10-17 00:40:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter. Paul was not an Apostle. Paul is sort of a self-proclaimed apostle to the Gentiles. The Apostles cast lots to replace Judas, and selected Matthias.
Paul referred to himself as an apostle. The reason so many consider Paul to be an apostle is because he was rather powerful and evangelized to the Gentiles.
From wiki:
Many historians maintain that Paul and Peter certainly disagreed on the extent of Paul's authority as an Apostle, with Peter maintaining Paul was not one of those chosen by Jesus, or by his chosen after his death. See also Pauline Christianity and Jewish Christians.
2007-01-10 03:09:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have learned much by both. I don't know how you would measure one to another.
Peter teaches that Jesus accepts us when we mess up even after we are his disciple.
I can just see him out on the water, fishing with the wind blowing. Rocking that boat, waiting to be right with Jesus again.
Paul's calm wisdom, His equality of men and women, his righteousness through suffering. The hunger for knowledge, and passion for teaching...Wow, how can you not learn from Paul.
Be blessed In Christ ~vicki
2007-01-10 03:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by 2ndchhapteracts 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think both Peter and Paul would have been opposed to being compared in that way. They considered each other equals.
2007-01-10 03:05:50 · answer #6 · answered by Orest L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul was not an apostle, not in the original sense, so I guess of the two that would mean Peter was.
2007-01-10 03:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Peter. Paul in numerous places in the new testament contradicts Jesus's teachings. He was a traitor.
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*blinkblinks at Orest L!!!* Read your bible again fella, Peter and Paul were at each other's throats for quite some time because Peter was Jewish and was teaching basically what we'd call Messianic Judiasm with Jesus as a man, and Paul teaching Jesus as a god and that Jewish law was no longer relevant.
It wasn't until they realized they were at a stalemate that they begrudgingly tolerated each other.
2007-01-10 03:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm not sure what measure of "greatness" I should be using here, but Peter was the leader of all the apostles, so I think I would go with him.
2007-01-10 03:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by daisyk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They both were great men who served Jesus with all their hearts. however there is none greater than the King of kings and Lord of lords.
2007-01-10 03:07:12 · answer #10 · answered by spanky 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋