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The Unity of the Nation
For paul, it's not just a, this is an implication or a consequence that follows from what jesus did. It's actually basic to the message of the gospel. For paul, this unity of humans across these boundary lines. And if his people areas divided as everywhere else, then they are not actually demonstrating their allegiance to a universal king. I think that's why paul gets so riled up when these issues are on the line. Liken the letter to the galatians. Scholars of paul's letters debate about the dates of the letters and so on but there is a significant number of new testament scholars who think that galatians is actually his earliest