[chesley]

It just seems odd to ignore the Word of God for the opinion of Paul.

so the letters of Paul are not part of the Word of God? Or do you mean "your" opinion of Paul

[wagglebee]

The Gospels contain the spoken Word of God, a few passages of Saint Paul's epistles do, but the rest are Paul's words.

We must read the Pauline epistles through the prism of the Gospels, NOT the other way around.