This is what I have learned from my teacher. In Rom 1:1, Paul a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, SEPARATED unto the gospel of God.
1) the word separated is the Greek word ( APHORIZO )
2) can also be tranlated by the words, boundry, or liminted.
3) Paul was limited to preach the gospel of God
4) the Greek word APHORIZO is in the Greek perfect tense
5) the perfect tense means that , when Paul was saved , from that point in time he was limited to only preach the gospel of God, until he died. That is why it is the perfect tense.
6) It is in the passive voice, which means that God put him into that position
7) It is in the indicative mood, which means that it is a FACT.
8) That also means that the Body of Christ began at Acts 9.
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