The
Apostolic Period
In addition to being an apostle (see previous slide) Paul also calls himself or is called a preacher, a teacher, a servant (or minister or deacon — same word in the Greek!), a slave or bondservant, and a prophet.
(cf. Acts 13:1;
15:35; Rom. 1:1; 1 Cor. 3:5; 2 Cor.
3:6, 6:4, 11:23; Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:7, 23, 25; Titus 1;1.)