Hans Lietzmann, noted New Testament scholar, once remarked that no one has correctly understood Jesus except Paul and no one has correctly understood Paul. The attempts to understand Paul are legion. The literature on him is immense and the interpretations of his thought are varied. To Bultmann he is "the founder of Christian theology," while to Morton Enslin he is not a theologian at all but simply a "practical and forthright man" who taught new life in Christ but had little regard for logical consistency. In any case, his whole world of thought, whether or not its complexities can be fitted into a coherent system, revolves around the axis "for me to live is Christ" (Philippians 1:21). The dominant motif of his message is the saving activity of God in the person and work of Christ, partic…