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In 1 Corinthians 1:1, is Paul a “called-apostle” or “called to be an apostle”?

In 1 Corinthians 1:1, is Paul a “called-apostle” or “called to be an apostle”?

(1 Corinthians 1:1) Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφὸς
(KJV) Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

Note that “to be” is added in …

Since episkopos, baptizmo, diakonos, etc. are “transliterated” often, could not evangelidzno also be justly transliterated as in e.g. Luke 9:6? [closed]

Since episkopos, baptizmo, diakonos, etc. are “transliterated” often, could not evangelidzno also be justly transliterated as in e.g. Luke 9:6? [closed]

Just as Christianity has co-opted Greek words, such as "baptism," and added new connotation to the Koine Greek, and did not "translate" it, could not, or should not, the word "evangelidzmo (sic) be also translitera…