Today, we live in the success of Paul’s apostolic ministry. Nobody now doubts you can be a Christian without being Jewish. Just the reverse—many modern Jews find it difficult to believe that you can be Jewish and Christian. Yet in the earliest days of Christianity, all the Christians were Jews, and no Gentile was a Christian. So it is not surprising that Paul has to emphasise that he is not lying when he talks of his call to be the apostle to the Gentiles. But still, while it may surprise others,