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Remember that the thread is about whether Paul wrote Hebrews. The assumption that Paul needs to be excluded from the 12 apostles is...

Circular. That's the question, whether Paul mentioned Melchizedek (when he wrote Hebrews) Not "simply", but it clearly was used so...

Thank you, that's a valid correction. The order of Melchizedek superseded the Levitical priesthood, and was recognized by Abraham...

Such a distinction makes the agreement of little substance. If Paul says he won't go to the Jews, and then he goes to the Jews, what is...

Because he's writing those other epistles to Gentiles. He wouldn't want to refer to their high priests as a comparison, would he? In...

How about John Calvin himself? “The devil, and the whole train of the ungodly, are in all directions, held in by the hand of God as...

The apostle to the Gentiles was constantly trying to convert Jews, so he might write a letter to the Hebrews, explaining what the Lord...

I see your point. With his/her mind-set, I wonder why we are told to bring the gospel of redemption to every one on earth? It is...

Not according to @beloved57. Those that were elected to be saved from the foundation of the world didn't need it.

Which could mean, since no qualifyer is provided (as opposed to your everlasting life qualifier), that the only thing Jesus made were...

What? You had a contentious relationship with someone here?

Uh...I think it was to the people who didn't need it.

If the earth existed before the Son, then it wasn't made by Him, yet John tells us everything that was made was made by Him. How do you...

Col 1:14-20 (AKJV/PCE) (1:14) In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins: (1:15) Who is the image of...

And He was in the beginning with God, and He was God. [Jhn 1:1-3 KJV] 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and...