What were the Judaizers telling the Gentiles about Paul to make them doubt his apostleship?
The Judaizers told the Gentiles that Paul had never been with Peter and had never spent three years with Jesus, asking how they could listen to him. They implied he lacked the credentials of the twelve in Jerusalem, undermining his apostolic authority.
Les explains that the Judaizers were telling the Gentile believers that Paul had never been with Peter and had never spent three years with Jesus, questioning how they could listen to him. This attack aimed at discrediting his apostleship. In reply, Paul says he was not one whit behind the very chiefest apostles, and he matches the Jerusalem leaders point by point: Are they Hebrews, Israelites, the seed of Abraham, ministers of Christ? So is he. He even says he is more, though he speaks as a fool, recognizing it may sound boastful; yet he knows he is inspired by the Spirit to write it.