Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
What you miss here is that they are the words of PAUL, not Jesus.
What you've shown here is yet another self-proclamation.
Anyone can and have claimed just about anything and everything were "revelations" from Jesus and / or God. Do you believe them all?
I believe the entire bible is the word of God. The gospels in my mind are part of the old testament. The NT began on the day of Pentecost in the book of Acts which scholars claim was penned by Luke. Luke, Timothy, Peter, Paul all spoke and wrote only what Jesus told them to write.
2 Pet 1:19-21
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
(NKJ)
2 Tim 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
(NKJ)
One should also read the first two chapters of Acts where Jesus instructed the apostles...