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Grace and Apostleship to bring about obedience of faith

apostleship=authority. Do we still have this? In the word.

For what purpose? obedience.

What kind of obedience? Obedience of faith.

For the sake of his name

For whose purpose?

All the nations, including you, who are called to belong to Jesus

Nations, ethnos, simply means everyone, and in this case especially those who were once thought to be unfit to be called a child of God

We go to all people with this message: you have received a calling.

Sense of calling to belonging just as Paul was called to apostleship

What does it mean to be called to something? Internal and external