the response to Paul’s ‘Damascus road’ experience.13 According to Galatians, Paul’s gospel, the revelation to preach to the Gentiles, and his apostleship are conferred directly by the exalted Lord Jesus and not mediated via the Jerusalem ‘pillars’ (Gal. 1:11–2:10). When Paul attempts to justify his Gentile mission, it is never a defence of the mission itself, but only an apology for his authority as the apostle to the Gentiles and for the law-free terms upon which he conducted his mission.
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