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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Testimony
53-0510 §41
That's why the people got healed from the handkerchiefs Paul sent: They knowed God was in that apostle. They knowed he was not only an apostle, he was a prophet. And they took from his body handkerchiefs and aprons, and laid onto the sick. And evil spirits went out of them, and they were healed. Is that right? Let's bow our heads. Lord Jesus, here lays before me here handkerchiefs. Some dear old, maybe blind daddy sitting out here in a little cabin somewhere behind a cotton patch, behind a little old cooking stove...
As I thought on my ways
59-0814 §64
And then there's five ministerial offices. How many believes that? Sure. And that's first, apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists. How many knows that? Now, how can you say there's a pastor or evangelist without saying there's a prophet? How can you say there's a prophet when there isn't an apostle? See, some people like to say, "Oh, there's pastors, and evangelists, and teachers, but they don't want to say "prophets." The same God said, "teachers and evangelists," said, "prophets." He keeps His Word. W...
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ
63-0717 §36
Paul, through ignorance, yet intelligent and smart---much smarter than the little uneducated Galileans that he was persecuting that had already in their humility accepted this man as Lord. But Paul, in his great teachings, in his intellectuals, could not accept that. And what a turn around it must be to him on this road ... and he was stricken blind, so he would not carry out his commission, but was led down to a place in the street called Straight in the house of one... Then come the prophet down there by the name...
The God who is rich in mercy
65-0119 §14
I want you to notice here of the prophet (apostle, rather) Paul, who ... how he made mention of this, how... "You hath he quickened, who were once dead." You hath he quickened, who were once dead. Dead in sin and trespasses, walking after the things of the world, the desires of flesh, and fulfilling the desires of the mind, has... What caused this change, you see? What caused this, from one time being dead, to quickened? Quickened means made alive. There was a change from death unto life. There's no other ... there...
Things that are to be
65-1205 §34
look at St. Peter and judge him by Andrew. See, Andrew is that prayer warrior, just stayed on his knees all the time. And the apostle Peter was one of those fire brands that preached, and so forth. And Paul was more scholarly like, more of the ... like the prophet or something, and set back and... See, Moses wrote the first four books of the Old ... which he wrote the Old Testament. The rest of it was the laws, and Kings, and Psalms, and so forth, and what someone wrote of the prophets. But Moses wrote the laws, th...