You make a good point and in reality all we have is Pauls word and nothing else except one comment from Peter and he did not call Paul an apostle.
I do believe Paul thought himself to be Chosen but the story he told is nothing more than his word whether it was written by him or if it was wrote by luke.
And why did Paul dismiss them as all but irrelevant?>>>>>
Any one can see by reading that Paul wanted to be top dog, he tried to make the others look bad in a subtle way.
Have you read Peter’s epistle where he states Paul’s epistles are ranked as scripture? Did Jefferson ever read Colossians?
The scriptural illiteracy on this thread is astounding.