Paul knew otherwise and demonstrated it as he confronted his senior, the apostle Peter, as recounted in Galatians 2. When Paul discovered that Peter was “not acting in line with the truth of the gospel” (v. 14), he “opposed him to his face, because he was in the wrong” (v. 11). Among other things, Paul declared by this action that the truth always outranks position or title in the church. Truth and its authority are not rooted in a personality or office. It is derived from the Word of God and the