Many people will agree that he was a man of high intellect, he was knowledgeable, passionate about the course of the gospel, and full of divine revelation.
Paul knew his way through any kind of argument. As a man highly schooled in Judaism, He had a good grasp of law and history as well.
Coupled with the uncommon revelations he received directly from the Lord Jesus Himself, no one could parallel him in the most accurate communication of the gospel of Christ.
What Paul admitted will shock you
It is obvious therefore that there are many fantastic things we can say about Apostle Paul. But was he a polished speaker?
You might think so, but what he said about himself concerning that question may shock you.
You could easily be excused if you pass Apostle Paul as a very eloquent person – a man who is very “fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.”
That he was very persuasive in his writings is pretty obvious in the way he marshalled his points in the various Epistles penned by him and the many arguments and counter-arguments he had to be engaged in for the advancement of the gospel.
Unskilled in speech
Despite all these, Paul admitted in one of his Epistles that he was not a skilled speaker. Or as he put it, “…I am unskilled in speech…”
But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things
(2 Corinthians 11:6)
Although he acknowledged that he is vast and skilled in knowledge, Paul told the Corinthian church that he was “unskilled in speech.”
In other words, you could say Paul meant he was not a polished speaker, a trained orator or a captivating public speaker.
Was he just being humble or telling a fact? What do you think?
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