The Gospel Defended

Paul was not defending his apostleship for his own name's sake, but for the truth of the Gospel that he was called to preach to the Gentiles. It mattered because Paul was aware of the Gospel's benefits: its nature, freedom, and unity. The nature of the Gospel was to reach the nations. The freedom of the Gospel was in Christ purchasing our freedom from the curse of the law. The unity of the Gospel was to enable us all unify under the Gospel even with our diversity.