any one territory but had a general jurisdiction over the churches, as is manifest from their letters. By the will of God. There are two ideas included in this phrase: 1. Apostleship was a gift or grace from God (Romans 1:5; Ephesians 3:7–8). 2. The commission or authority of the apostles was immediately from God. Paul, in Galatians 1:1, as well as in other passages, asserts that apostleship was neither derived from men nor conveyed through the instrumentality of men, but was conferred directly by