"I Become All Things to All People"

Paul writes to the church in Corinth, I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.^{1st Corinthians 9:22} In this passage, Paul is talking about how to the Jews, he presents as Jew, to the Greek as Greek, to the weak as weak. Paul is saying he does not tell the whole truth about who he is to anyone he meets. If he were to meet a Jew, he would introduce himself as a Jew.

However, Jesus never did this. Jesus always said who he was, the Son of Man. He did not "become all things to all peoples" that he may "save some." Quite the contrary. Thus, Paul is not following the way of Jesus.

However, there is another issue with this passage: Hypocrisy. Paul writes to the church in Galatia, For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?^{Galatians 2:12-14}

Paul is claiming to be doing the same thing that he rebuked James, Peter (Cephas), and company for doing! Thus, Paul is a hypocrite. Wise was Jesus to say, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.^{Luke 12:1}

Value of this Evidence

This is two excellent pieces of evidence against Paul's case of being a true apostle from his passage in 1st Corinthians. First, we see that Paul does not follow Jesus's example. Second, we see that Paul is still acting out his Pharisaical ideas. Jesus condemns this.