I guess you never read any of Acts when the early church members and other disciples were distrustful of Paul. 😆 not surprised.
Just because the letters start with an introduction by Paul doesn't mean he wrote them lol. If I started this reply with "I am Knotnow and I write to you..." it wouldn't mean you wrote it eithee.
Paul also says "to the jews I am as a jew, to the gentiles as a gentile." Duplicitous at best, deceptive at worst.
Tabor is only one example of a scholar who has a healthy perspective on Paul. There are many others. I myself wondered for years what it was about Paul I didn't like and it is only recently that I've come to realize it's that he is a boastful, lying, arrogant psychopath who puts words into the mouth of Christ and does things to elevate his own status.
He regularly claims things in opposition to Christ then claims if we don't believe him we won't get into heaven. Come now.
The Didache, the earliest manual of the Christian church, offers a decidedly non Pauline perspective on many things. Take a look at that once. Oh wait, you'll say it "led me astray and you're not interested in the teachings of the early church" because it doesn't support your Pauline perspective.
OF COURSE, the early church was distrustful of Saul; until he met the Lord on the road to Damascus, he was PERSECUTING them. However, later they glorified God because of him. Peter, John, and James, pillars of the church in Jerusalem, gave to Paul and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship (Gal. 2:9) acknowledging his apostleship equal to Peter's.
Your second paragraph is absurd. The letters were written contemporaneously. Do you think the recipients couldn't verify Paul had written them? Sosthenes was a one with Paul in writing 1 Corinthians, Timothy was with him in writing 2 Corinthians, and all the brothers who were with him when he wrote to the Galatians, Timothy was with him in writing Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Philemon, and was the recipient of the 2 letters addressed to him. Do you really think they were confused as to who wrote the letters?
Big objection: Paul NEVER wrote about getting into heaven. He preached the gospel of God, which was concerning God's Son coming out of the seed of David according to the flesh, and being designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead (Rom. 1:1-4). This is the fulfillment of God's promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-14. According to Paul's gospel, Christ is revealed in us (Gal. 1:16), lives in us (Gal. 2:20), conforming us to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29) as Christ is formed in us (Gal. 4:19). This is the salvation of our soul, which is the end of our faith (1 Pet. 1:9).
The early church, at the end of the age of the apostles, was in degradation. As John wrote, the leading church in Ephesus left their first love (Rev. 2:4). John, who had accepted Paul, said many deceivers had gone out in the world (2 Jn. 7), and Diotrephes refused to receive John (3 Jn.9). And all in Asia had rejected Paul (2 Tim. 1:15). Reminder, Paul was accepted by Peter, John, and James, and Peter called Paul's writings "Scripture."
Think for yourself, fren.
I guess you never read any of Acts when the early church members and other disciples were distrustful of Paul. 😆 not surprised.
Just because the letters start with an introduction by Paul doesn't mean he wrote them lol. If I started this reply with "I am Knotnow and I write to you..." it wouldn't mean you wrote it eithee.
Herodian research:
https://taylormarshall.com/2015/08/was-saint-paul-related-to-herod-7-reasons-paul-was-herodian.html
Paul also says "to the jews I am as a jew, to the gentiles as a gentile." Duplicitous at best, deceptive at worst.
Tabor is only one example of a scholar who has a healthy perspective on Paul. There are many others. I myself wondered for years what it was about Paul I didn't like and it is only recently that I've come to realize it's that he is a boastful, lying, arrogant psychopath who puts words into the mouth of Christ and does things to elevate his own status.
He regularly claims things in opposition to Christ then claims if we don't believe him we won't get into heaven. Come now.
The Didache, the earliest manual of the Christian church, offers a decidedly non Pauline perspective on many things. Take a look at that once. Oh wait, you'll say it "led me astray and you're not interested in the teachings of the early church" because it doesn't support your Pauline perspective.
I'm curious what Bible YOU are reading 🤣
OF COURSE, the early church was distrustful of Saul; until he met the Lord on the road to Damascus, he was PERSECUTING them. However, later they glorified God because of him. Peter, John, and James, pillars of the church in Jerusalem, gave to Paul and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship (Gal. 2:9) acknowledging his apostleship equal to Peter's.
Your second paragraph is absurd. The letters were written contemporaneously. Do you think the recipients couldn't verify Paul had written them? Sosthenes was a one with Paul in writing 1 Corinthians, Timothy was with him in writing 2 Corinthians, and all the brothers who were with him when he wrote to the Galatians, Timothy was with him in writing Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Philemon, and was the recipient of the 2 letters addressed to him. Do you really think they were confused as to who wrote the letters?
Big objection: Paul NEVER wrote about getting into heaven. He preached the gospel of God, which was concerning God's Son coming out of the seed of David according to the flesh, and being designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead (Rom. 1:1-4). This is the fulfillment of God's promise to King David in 2 Samuel 7:12-14. According to Paul's gospel, Christ is revealed in us (Gal. 1:16), lives in us (Gal. 2:20), conforming us to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29) as Christ is formed in us (Gal. 4:19). This is the salvation of our soul, which is the end of our faith (1 Pet. 1:9).
The early church, at the end of the age of the apostles, was in degradation. As John wrote, the leading church in Ephesus left their first love (Rev. 2:4). John, who had accepted Paul, said many deceivers had gone out in the world (2 Jn. 7), and Diotrephes refused to receive John (3 Jn.9). And all in Asia had rejected Paul (2 Tim. 1:15). Reminder, Paul was accepted by Peter, John, and James, and Peter called Paul's writings "Scripture."