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One thing that the interpretation favored by Lee does, is it presumes that Paul was a seer of the high peak of the divine revelation, and James is left behind, stuck in the old ways, soon to be superseded. Yet the NT never shows this.

In this, it must be conceded, WL is not the originator but continues an antipathy held since the early Greek Fathers that the Jewish believers were stuck in some old way. Martin Luther, for instance, expressed dislike for James and wanted it and Hebrews to go away with Tobit and Maccabees. But he conceded and left them at the end, after (!!) Revelation. Even today, those two books are apocryphal tag-ons in the Lutheran Bible.

WL used terms like "mixed sentiments" and "low" and "fallen" and "natural" to separate that which could be safely ignored. It was pretty clear that he was all about Paul and Paul's abstract concepts, which could lead one to an abstract and malleable Christ, a processed Christ.

But if you look at Galatians 2:10 as God's economy (oikonomea theou), then you have one holistic bible, not a two-tiered Bible of the Recovery Version footnotes. There, Paul relates one specific command from the original disciples as they send Paul forth to the gentiles: "remember the poor", and Paul says that he eagerly assents. Does Paul consider this "low" or "fallen" if he receives the command with eagerness?

Jesus had taught, "Store up treasure in heaven" and "give, and it will be given to you" and "give to those who can't repay" and in this command in Galatians 2 we see both the Jerusalem home base and the outreach to the gentile world in lock step with Jesus' commands. There was a unified command.

Then, Paul's requests in Romans and 1 Corinthians to set aside for the poor of Jerusalem, Paul's 2 chapter explication in 2 Cor 8,9 about sharing with those who don't have as fellowship in love (Just as Christ who was rich became poor for you, so you become poor for others), the return to Jerusalem with "alms for my nation" per Acts 24:17.

Then look at James: "Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food." This theme is constant in his epistle, to care for the widows and orphans, to respect those who are in filthy rags. If you realize this is 'oikonomea theou' in Paul's epistle, then James and Paul are both following the Master's commands. There is no two-tiered scripture. Galatians 2:10 shows, in Paul's own words, what they both were eager to do: follow the Master's commands.