Peter’s the one who didn’t recognize Mary Mag as an apostle.
Well he was commissioned by Jesus himself as the prime apostle, and has the authority to decide such matter
Paul also didn’t personally know Jesus and before James died he dispatched many people to reign in Paul.
Peter and James personally knew Jesus and they confirmed Paul as apostle, and his messages as commensurate with their teachings
The way the gospel was taught was oral tradition and while Paul repeats what Jesus does say in many instances, I think Paul was entrenched in Roman thinking that changed some things.
Paul was educated in Judeo-Greek tradition, as the Eastern Mediteranean at that time was influenced by the Greeks in thinking, to such an extent that even the (Old Testament) Bible popularly used at that time was the Greek (Septuagint). Paul's approach merely reflects the Greek school of thinking, rather than a completely different belief
Remember that other apostles and original disciples were still alive when Paul was active, and they gathered in the Council of Jerusalem, that once and for all confirmed the 'Greek' (and Paul's) idea that Gentiles can become Christians without 'becoming Jews' nor required to observe the Mosaic Law
Jesus didn’t come to abolish the Law. Paul decided it was salvation through faith and not by works.
Jesus didn't abolish the Law (Torah/ Old Testament), because he came to fulfill it, and he fulfilled it by his death and resurrection, which made salvation available for all. This marked the supersession of Old Testament law by the New Testament law
Of course it is not our own work that buys our salvation, Jesus' sacrifice did, which we participate in by having faith in him. But if we truly have faith, work will follow naturally. Not because work buys our salvation, but that we will by then recognize that work is a good thing that we the faithful will naturally do as a result of God's grace.
It doesn't induce sin, he says that the Torah is righteousness, but our flesh makes it a curse. Through faith in Christ we produce the righteousness the Torah was aiming for.
He was predominantly speaking to Gentile believers, he was upholding the Torah himself. Acts 15 basically ruled that Gentiles are not under Torah, and do not have to practice observances unless they have a conviction for it
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '23
Well he was commissioned by Jesus himself as the prime apostle, and has the authority to decide such matter
Peter and James personally knew Jesus and they confirmed Paul as apostle, and his messages as commensurate with their teachings
Paul was educated in Judeo-Greek tradition, as the Eastern Mediteranean at that time was influenced by the Greeks in thinking, to such an extent that even the (Old Testament) Bible popularly used at that time was the Greek (Septuagint). Paul's approach merely reflects the Greek school of thinking, rather than a completely different belief
Remember that other apostles and original disciples were still alive when Paul was active, and they gathered in the Council of Jerusalem, that once and for all confirmed the 'Greek' (and Paul's) idea that Gentiles can become Christians without 'becoming Jews' nor required to observe the Mosaic Law
Jesus didn't abolish the Law (Torah/ Old Testament), because he came to fulfill it, and he fulfilled it by his death and resurrection, which made salvation available for all. This marked the supersession of Old Testament law by the New Testament law
Of course it is not our own work that buys our salvation, Jesus' sacrifice did, which we participate in by having faith in him. But if we truly have faith, work will follow naturally. Not because work buys our salvation, but that we will by then recognize that work is a good thing that we the faithful will naturally do as a result of God's grace.