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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God's provided way of healing
54-0719A §4
...s that work in the entire church. For instance, tonight this one may prophesy and never prophesy again. Maybe the spirit of prophecy will be on someone else the next night. Paul said, "You all may prophesy, one by one." That's the gift of prophecy, not a prophet, see. There's quite a difference between gift of prophecy and a prophet. The gift of prophecy has to be judged by three good spiritual judges, before the church can receive it, according to Paul's writing in Corinthians. The judges has to judge this, has to...
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ
63-0717 §29
...d. No schools they could ever find that He went to and no seminary experience and then raised up with a name of illegitimate birth and then come out preaching a gospel that was contrary to anything that they'd been taught. And condemning the ministers and their organizations, and so forth, and the organizations had made a statement if anybody even went to hear this so-called prophet would be put out of the synagogue, which was a mortal sin. They had to be accounted---the only way they could worship was under the bl...
Earnestly contending for the faith once delivered
55-0815 §34
Paul went down in the bulkhead and begin to pray one night. Here he comes running up the steps. Said, "Brethren, be of a good cheer: for the angel of God whose servant I am, stood by me last night and said, 'Don't fear, Paul; you must come before Caesar: and lo, God has give all that sail with you, to you.'" But he said, "I saw in the vision, that the ship's going to be wrecked on a certain island." He said, "Wherefore, brethren, be of a good cheer. For I believe God, and it shall be just as he showed me." Jesus Ch...
We would see Jesus
62-0712 §50
Now, his works. Now if we would turn back into the Old Testament for tonight and take one thing that was ... testified ... his works testified of... We're going to turn and you put it down in ... you're writing it down, Deuteronomy the 18th chapter. Just read the whole chapter through. Do you good to read the whole thing---Deuteronomy 18. Now we know that Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing the king's wrath, and he followed the angel of God; because he said he esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than that o...
Questions and Answers on Hebrews, part 2
57-1002 §28
Now watch, Apollos, through the Word, was proving by the Word... "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word. He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life." You get it? Apollos, by the Word, was proving. And these were Christians, they were followers, disciples. And Apollos was proving by the Word that Jesus was the Christ. And they had great joy and received the Word, yet knowing only the baptism of John. And when Paul passed through the upper coasts of Ephesus, he finds these...