***So Paul defines Christianity?***
You asked where sanctification is spelled out in the Bible. I told you. Now you say that Paul defines Christianity? Where do you get such lunacy? How can you jump to so many conclusions without getting winded?
Because, as you say, it is mentioned only in the Epistles. And what did the Christians teach before Paul came up with this term, before he wrote the Epistles?
Were they told they would be sanctified, and by whom were they told? The term does not appear in the Bible save for the Epistles, so no other Apostle, who actually knew Christ in Person, taught it or knew it for that matter.
Did the rest of the Apostles not teach sanctification? If not, and they don't mention it, then is it Paul's Christianity, and is it not then Paul defining Christianity alone in this particular case?
Does that mean the Apostles didn't know it yet or simply that the rest were ad odds with Paul?
How can you jump to so many conclusions without getting winded?
How can anyone be so gullible and not choke?