Point being... If we are going to claim that the 4 Gospels, though written by others, from memories, years later, or that the Old Testament or any of the other writers of the NT were inspired by the Holy Spirit, we have to give Pauls writing the same authority, as it was written by the same inspiration of the same Holy Spirit.
I have no problem with that....Paul was one who met Jesus on road to Damascus, after Jesus ascended into heaven. He wrote about the power of Holy Spirit, and the gifts of spirit. If anyone knew first hand about those things, it was Paul, who had been Saul of Tarsus.
In fact, Paul wrote about the coming of Jesus (second coming), which is when those gifts will be done away with. So many preach it was over after the disciples were here, which is NOT true. Paul was not ‘apostle’ until AFTER Jesus ascended into heaven, so that Holy Spirit could come. Without Holy Spirit there could be no gifts, speaking in tongues, as Paul describes how to use.