Paul and the Jerusalem authorities. (5) Recently it has been suggested that the tension between Paul and his Corinthian enemies must be seen in the Hellenistic social context. Paul’s enemies are “hybrists,” intruders as well as powerful Christian people who accuse Paul because, bound by his vision of Christ, he does not observe the social conventions of friendship, refuses financial help and ridicules commendation, and despises rhetorical standards, Greek wisdom, and miracles. Yet even if all this