communication act in this letter in the same way as if he were addressing his Galatian or Corinthian or Philippian converts. Notice the readjustment evident in verses like 1:11–12, where Paul begins to speak about imparting a gift and then realizes that he needs to speak of mutual sharing. The art of persuasion had to be pursued differently in a letter written to those who were not Paul’s converts and thus not inherently under his authority, compared to letters written to those who were Paul’s converts