with James and his colleagues, under what appear to be strained conditions (Gal 2:10). The context of their request for the collection seems to have been their agreement to Paul’s mission to the Gentiles (2:9); Paul viewed the collection as appropriate rather than a reluctant concession (2:10), but the same would be the case with a much smaller and simpler request to identify with his own culture, a request that did not place Gentiles under the law. Granted, the historical Paul certainly would not