Characters that affected St.

Paul

Other Characters affected St.Paul 1-Gamaliel

Jewish scholar Spiritual

Stephen
His Friend His age Saw or heard his revelation Witnessed his martyrdom Is it a loss?! While Stephen departing, Paul is born

3-Ananias
Bishop; made Saul disciple, Baptized him Taught him the first steps

4- Barnabas
Brought him to the apostles. And He declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road You dont have to be Paul, but you can be Stephen or at least Barnabs who brought Saul and helped him to become Paul A good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith He went to Tarsus to bring Paul into Antioch to begin his service, subsequently, Barnabas disappears and Saul becomes the main pillar Barnabas also recruited Mark He was always looking to expand service Paul became a Bishop by the laying of hands of Barnabas Insisted on re-recruiting St. Mark even when he initially departed Insisted again to take Mark even when St. Paul decided not to; he has a long vision on how Mark will be a great asset to the Church

5-St. Mark
Although he did not see him as a great help, however later on he used him as a co-servantGet Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry 2Tim4:12 St.Mark: escaped twice, one during Crucifixion, second when he left Paul,But He became St Mark

6-Apollos
instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord He greatly helped those who had believed through grace; He vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. People tried to make a schism between Paul and apollos. St. Paul , however St. paul said I planted,

Apollos watered so while he did not put him down, he refuted the schism I strongly urged him to come to you with the brethren, but he was quite unwilling to come at this time; however, he will come when he has a convenient time. (1cor16)

7-Timothy
St.Paul cared for Timothy as a son as if he was his only. He took him and circumcised him to avoid offense 2 Epistles were sent to Timothy, 6 out of the other 12 epistles Timothy was with him. He was the closest to St. Paul After he left him in Ehesians he ordained him as a Bishop without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, 4greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy ( 2Tim1: 3) He was the only one who was told the time of my departure is at hand 2 Tim 4:6

8-Peter
He confronted Peter in The Jerusalem Council However, Peter himself had the revelation in Kernilious baptism that he should not be looking to faces but accept every one. Hence, Peter defended St.Paul James (Bishop of Jerusalem) agreed in the council Paul was given the right hand of fellowship to serve the Gentiles and Peter the Jews. I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed Paul confronted Peter because He withdrew when he was eating with Gentiles. Paul even confronted the others with Peter played the hypocrite with him Peter in spite of all these confrontations speaks of St. Paul as full of blessings Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you

9- Luke
Historian, Physician, Greek education, became a close follower and co servant. Only Luke is with me 2 Tim 4 St. Paul has close ties to the pillars of the apostles e.g Luke, Peter, Mark Luke wrote: Acts and his gospel, It is thought that Luke was influenced in his writings with St. Paul Priest inaudibly prays during the Pauline reading Let us imitate him as he was following you

10- Aquilla &Priscilla

The house that St. Paul used to find his comfort in. He used to share in their work as tent makers Their house was called a church

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