Was Apostle Paul a Prophet?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. Paul was an apostle-prophet—a sent messenger who received the Word by direct revelation and spoke it with prophetic authority.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Acts 13:1 shows Saul (Paul) listed among “prophets and teachers” at Antioch. That places him in a prophetic company from the start of his ministry.
- Galatians 1:11-12 and Ephesians 3:3-5 declare that his Gospel and the mystery were given “by revelation of Jesus Christ,” revealed to “His holy apostles and prophets.” Paul stood in that revelation realm.
- 2 Corinthians 12:1-7 records “visions and revelations of the Lord,” even being caught up to the third heaven—clear prophetic experience.
- Acts 16:9; 18:9-10; 23:11; 27:23-25 show repeated visions, angelic visitation, and accurate foretelling (the shipwreck deliverance) that came to pass—hallmarks of a prophet.
- 1 Corinthians 14:37, Paul says, “the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord,” marking his words with divine, prophetic authority.
- Ephesians 2:20 shows the church built upon the foundation of “apostles and prophets.” Paul laid that foundation in doctrine, proving his foundational, prophetic role.
- 2 Peter 3:15-16 counts Paul’s writings with “the other scriptures,” confirming the inspired, prophetic nature of his message.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
A prophet is one to whom God reveals His Word and who speaks it by inspiration; an apostle is a sent one who lays foundation. Paul did both: he planted churches (apostolic) and received/declared the mystery by direct revelation with visions and fulfilled predictions (prophetic). Saying he was only an apostle ignores Acts 13:1 and his own testimony of revelation. If he wasn’t operating prophetically, why the visions, the angelic messages, the foretelling, and the claim that his writings are the Lord’s commandments?
4) Reinforcing Statement
You see, God set Paul as the pattern messenger to the Gentiles—an apostle with a prophet’s revelation—so the church could be founded solidly on the revealed Word.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The door inside the door
58-0209E §71
The Bible said, "First are apostles." Is that right? Well, apostles, we call them today, missionary. That's the first. The highest calling is a missionary. What does apostle mean? "One sent." What does a missionary mean? "One sent." Missionaries, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists. How many knows that's true? We have to have them all. Some's pastors, some's teachers, some's evangelists, some's missionaries and some prophets. Now, we have those things in the church. What are they for? The apostle is the highes...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 9:E-29
...rit as well as the Holy Spirit Who is to be blessed forever. I John 4:1, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." Did you notice it? The antichrist spirit is identified with false prophets. The ages came in with false prophets and they will go out with false prophets. Now of course there is going to be a REAL FALSE PROPHET in the grand sense of that man mentioned in the Revelation. But as of now before his revelation t...
The believer's position in Christ
55-0116A §16
...how to enter, and what to do after they enter, why, it'll be a glorious thing when we learn these things. Don't you think so? Now, in the book of Ephesians, I want to read Paul's letter just a portion of it. Don't know how far we are going, 'cause I'm timing myself by this watch here. Paul, an apostle, of Jesus Christ by the will of God, An apostle: The word apostle means "one that's sent." I've often wondered why the missionary ever wanted to be called a missionary. A missionary is an apostle. The word missionary...
Let us see God
59-1129 §61
Who was it the other night in our text, in Elisha, when a little baby had died of a sun stroke, and been laid for hours and hours on the prophet's bed, when a man, called "Elisha," walked back and forth, up-and-down the floor, and laid his body on that dead baby, and he come to life? That was God in His people. It certainly was. Who was it, that when Saint Peter, the apostle, a fisherman so ignorant... The Bible said, "He was ignorant and unlearned." Who was it, when he walked down along the streets, and people lai...
A Paradox
63-0801 §64
It was a strange thing that after his death, burial, and resurrection... And Saul---that little hook-nosed Jew, crabbed and nasty-tempered, and even put some of the church to death---on his road down to Damascus to arrest those people... And down there they had a prophet named Ananias, and was down there prophesying to them, a prophet of the Lord, telling them the Word of the Lord, because it come to him. And while Pastor Ananias was down there prophesying, Saul went down to get him. And right in the middle of the...