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Good point.   (On the other hand, didn't he brag about having a big fight with St. Peter, and didn't he part ways for a while with Barnabas and John Mark, after major arguments between them?)

704 posted on 11/18/2023 4:58:39 PM PST by Songcraft ( )
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He did.

Mark bailed on Paul, and Paul didn’t want to take him on the next journey because of that.

Barnabas was Mark’s cousin, and so, defended him (Acts 14-15), so that made Paul annoyed with him.

Paul argued for gentiles joining the church, and not forcing them to be circumcised if they wanted to become Believers. This was one of his spats with Peter.

ALL of those arguments were reconciled as indicated in later letters. I think it’s a good thing that we learn that the Apostles didn’t always agree on everything, and even had arguments among them. It makes them more real to us, warts and all. (We happen to be doing the Book of Acts in the Jerusalem thread, and it’s a rollicking story, with all kinds of excitement!)


708 posted on 11/18/2023 5:05:31 PM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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