Paul Implicitly Denies Jesus's Manhood

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Paul writes to the Philippians, But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.^{Philippians 2:7, 8}

The complaint against Paul here is that he said that Jesus came in the "likeness of men," and not as a man. We can interpret this as Paul refusing to admit Jesus Christ was a human.

Paul does this once more in Romans, when he writes, For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.^{Romans 8:3} This time, Paul writes "in the likeness of sinful flesh" instead of "as flesh."

However, this is an important point, because John tells us how to identify someone with the spirit of antichrist, And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.^{1st John 4:3} For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.^{2nd John 1:17}

With such important verses, you would think if Paul was a real apostle, he and John would talk with each other to fix any issues like this.

Value of this Evidence

This is mediocre evidence, as it is an argument from semantics. Perhaps Paul did in fact mean "in man" and "in sinful flesh" instead of "like" man, or "like" sinful flesh.

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