A related matter should also be filed at this juncture, and this has to do with Paul’s own apostolic office and the self-understanding that animates Paul in the faithful exercise of that office. Though he may not have expressed the issue with the kind of acuity Hays was looking for, Longenecker also touches on this issue, though from a different perspective. The question could be posed thus: In what sense does Paul judge his interpretation of the OT,
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