“He says that through Christ he received grace and apostleship, inasmuch as Christ is the "mediator of God and men". "Grace and apostleship": grace is to be referred to endurance in labors; apostleship to the authority of preaching, since Christ himself is called an "apostle", that is, one sent by the Father, seeing th…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS
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5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
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3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
— Romans 1:5 —
6Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.