How would Christianity be different if Paul was found to be a Jewish spy?
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All of Paul's doctrine is solidly founded on the Old Testament scriptures - Moses and the Prophets. Anyone who has read his epistle to the Roman church and his epistle to the Galatian churches would be well aware of that fact.
The Apostle Peter (the chief apostle to whom Jesus gave the keys) attests that Paul's writings are 'scripture', see Peter's epistles also.
Further, the writings of James, John and Jude, whilst very different in style, thoroughly agree with and complement Paul's writings. Mark and Luke, of course, wrote their gospel accounts as associates of, and influenced by, Paul himself, so it is no surprise that their documentation, also, contains no contradiction to Paul's own words.
So also in regard to the epistle to the Hebrews. Which lead some to suspect that Paul also wrote that epistle.
To suggest that the apostle Paul was any other than a true apostle of Jesus Christ is simply an unfounded opinion based on a fundamental ignorance of the New Testament documents.
The Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke the physician, detail Paul's selfless missionary journeys throughout the Mediterranean region, his ardent devotion to Jesus Christ, his zeal for the churches scattered throughout the then known world and end shortly before his first trial before Augustus Caesar.
History informs us of Paul's subsequent martyrdom at the hands of the Emperor Nero.
So, together with the ignorance of holy scripture, I would add ignorance concerning historical facts, also, to the unfounded slander regarding Paul the apostle.
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