Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not you my work in the Lord?
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
-shall we therefore so interpret Paul as if he demonstrates the apostles to have had wives?.
And, "(I think) God hath selected us the apostles (as) hindmost, like men appointed to fight with wild beasts; since we have been made a spectacle to this world, both to angels and to men: "And, "We have been made the offscourings of this world, the refuse of all: "And, "Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? "
