“I had been entrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision,
even as Peter with the gospel of the circumcision.” Galatians 2:7
Paul was a servant of the Lord, but he was different from
Peter. No one would suggest that Paul did not preach the gospel. Of course he
did. To have done otherwise would have been to repudiate the pioneer work of
Peter and throw away the ground gained by him. Do not let us make the mistake
of thinking there was some basic conflict between the ministries of these two
men, or that the ministries of God’s servants should ever be in conflict.
Paul makes it clear, in writing to the Galatians, that
such differences as there were, were related to geography and race, and that in
essence their tasks were complementary, not only by mutual consent, but in
their value to and attestation by God.
It is very good to read the closing verses of Peter’s last
epistle, in which he refers to “the wisdom” given to his beloved brother Paul.
He may have needed grace to do that. Do we not sometimes need grace to honor
one another like that?
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