“that explains it all for me.”
Glad to help. Get another bowl of ice cream and a couple of Vienna Creme Fingers and put the finishing touches on the sermon and hit the hay.
I think that covers the subject quite nicely.
If only the Aposles had been aware of the elegant wines produced in South Africa (and pretzels!) they could have settled in for a good natter and avoided all this misunderstanding.
Seriously, the medium of letters transmitted who-knows-how (worse than the USPS, if that can be) means that we have to assume that writers were at cross-purposes, without the opportunity to sit down with a lovely Sebeka Pinotage and sort out the details.
The Holy Spirit guarantees that the Gospel is conveyed according to the Will of God. It’s only our confusion that confuses things.