Where in the Bible do you find the story of Paul?

Answer 1

There is no single story of Paul in The Bible. Much of his story is gleaned from Acts, but there is also a wealth of material within his letters that needs to be teased out. As one simple example, the gem of a letter to Philemon - Paul's shortest letter - contains aspects of Paul that show that he converted individuals himself, but in doing so, expected theior attitudes and lives to change. Forgiveness was now an essential requisite for a Christian. In that small letter, we also hear of other people, such as Onesimus, a runaway slave, who, by cross referencing to other letters we find becomes a Church leader and a friend of Paul.

So, piecing together Paul's life is not easy, but worthwhile. Thankfully others have done so in the past, and quite reliable sources can be found online by googling 'Paul of Tarsus'

Additional answer: An Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin and an apostle of Jesus Christ. (Eph 1:1; Php 3:5) Though perhaps having both the Hebrew name Saul and the Roman name Paul from childhood (Ac 9:17; 2Pe 3:15), this apostle may have chosen to go by his Roman name in view of his commission to declare the good news to the non-Jews.-Ac 9:15; Ga 2:7, 8.

Paul was born in Tarsus, a prominent city of Cilicia. (Ac 21:39; 22:3) His parents were Hebrews and evidently adhered to the Pharisaic branch of Judaism. (Ac 23:6; Php 3:5) He was a Roman citizen from birth (Ac 22:28), his father having perhaps been granted citizenship for services rendered. Paul probably learned the trade of tentmaker from his father. (Ac 18:3) But, at Jerusalem, he received instruction from the learned Pharisee Gamaliel, suggesting that Paul was from a prominent family. (Ac 22:3; 5:34) Languagewise, Paul was versed at least in Greek and Hebrew. (Ac 21:37-40) At the time that Paul traveled as a missionary, he was unmarried. (1Co 7:8) During this general period, if not already earlier, he had a sister and a nephew who resided in Jerusalem.-Ac 23:16-22.

It was the Apostle Paul's privilege to write more books, or letters, of the Christian Greek Scriptures than anyone else. He was given supernatural visions (2Co 12:1-5) and, by means of the holy spirit, was enabled to speak numerous foreign tongues.-1Co 14:18.

Persecution, Conversion, Early Ministry. The Biblical record introduces Saul, or Paul, as the "young man" at whose feet the false witnesses who stoned Christ's disciple Stephen laid their outer garments. (Ac 6:13; 7:58) Paul approved of the murder of Stephen and, because of misdirected zeal for tradition, began a campaign of vicious persecution against Christ's followers. When they were to be executed, he voted against them. At the time of their trial in synagogues, he endeavored to force them to recant. He extended his persecution to cities other than Jerusalem and even procured written authorization from the high priest to search out disciples of Christ as far N as Damascus, in Syria, and to bind them and bring them to Jerusalem, probably for trial by the Sanhedrin.-Ac 8:1, 3; 9:1, 2; 26:10, 11; Ga 1:13, 14.

As Paul neared Damascus, Christ Jesus revealed himself to Paul in a flashing light and commissioned him to be an attendant and a witness of the things he had seen and would yet see. Whereas those with Paul also fell to the ground because of this manifestation and heard the sound of someone speaking, Paul alone understood the words and was blinded, necessitating his being led by the hand to Damascus. (Ac 9:3-8; 22:6-11; 26:12-18) For three days he neither ate nor drank. Then, while praying in the house of a certain Judas at Damascus, Paul, in vision, saw Christ's disciple Ananias come in and restore his sight. When the vision became reality, Paul was baptized, received holy spirit, partook of food, and gained strength.-Ac 9:9-19. Insight on the Scriptures Jehovah,s Witnesses official website.

Answer 2

Paul tells his own story in his epistles, also the chronology is, of necessity, fragmented.

There is a story about Paul in the Acts of the Apostles. However, biblical scholars note the significant discrepancies between that story and the story that can be inferred from Paul's own epistles, and consider the story in Acts to be doubtful at best.