Galatians 1:11-2:21 Narrative

You might want to read this entire passage together first, to get a sense of the flow of the argument. Paul is offering a narrative defense of his gospel and apostleship. It becomes an autobiographical sketch. Aristotle says that sometimes, when persuading people of a future course of action, you have to do some remedial or corrective work in your "introduction." You need to deal with prejudice against yourself, and maybe call into question your opponents. Paul is clearly doing that in this passage. I will, in the next posts, discuss each part of the narrative defense.