their apostolic colleagues and quite another to appeal to the opinions of “the apostles” to bolster the Roman Christians’ opinions of Andronicus and Junia. This type of recommendation seems less than probable, given the view Paul communicated in Gal. 2:6–9. Although there is agreement that Paul intended to say that these two were “outstanding among the group called ‘apostles’,” debate persists over what Paul intended by the term. Fiorenza65 notes, “Non-specialists may feel certain who the apostles
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