Corpus-Paul

[<tim AT timgallant.org>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim West" <jwest AT highland.net>
To: "Corpus-Paul" <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Paul's diatribe against Peter


> Hello,
>
> While I see your point, I think there is a clear "break" in 3:1 where
> Paul again addresses the Galatians directly.  It seems to me that in
> 2:14-21 Paul is reciting an incident (relating his sermon to Peter) as
> an illustration of the fact that he won't back down- even in the face of
> power and authority.  Having made the point by relating his denunciation
> of Peter, he refocuses attention on his primary audience, the crazy,
> hacking Galatians.

The way I look at it is that the whole *could* be a citation of his rebuke 
of Peter - but even if it is not, the "remainder" is a self-conscious 
unfolding of the implications of whatever he said to Peter. So in that 
sense, it's almost a moot point, I think.

tim



Tim Gallant
Elder, Christ Covenant Church
http://www.christcovenant.ca