Was the apostle Paul just as human as we are, with the same temptations and failures?
Yes. The apostle Paul was an ordinary human being who got just as hungry, could get angry, and had just as many failures and temptations as we do. Though he walked in the flesh, his warfare was not after the flesh but in the spiritual realm.
Les teaches that Paul was not superhuman but approachable because he was just as human as we are. The context says he got just as hungry, could get angry at times, and had just as many failures and temptations as we have. Les says that is the kind of person he can follow, because it is humanly possible. Paul could say, "Be followers together of me, and mark them who walk so as you have us for an example." Paul followed Christ; his life was to follow and please his Savior, and for him to die was gain. In verse 3 he says, "Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh." Les explains that Paul was an ordinary human being walking in the flesh, but his warfare was in the spiritual realm, not the material or physical.