he describes himself as a “bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,” and so forth. In every case, there was fitness in the form of statement. His apostolic authority was questioned by false teachers among the Galatians. Hence the accent he gave to Christ’s appointment of him to his apostolic office. In our Epistle, he is writing to a group of churches a general letter. His reference to himself is also general: “Paul, an apostle … through the will of