We may think that Paul was received with a warm welcome and perhaps even reverence. His second letter to the Corinthians tells a different story. Here he explains that he is involved in divine warfare, that of "casting down imaginations", capturing every Christ-like thought (II Cor 10: 5).
I love verse 10: "For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible". How he made plain the doubts evident in the thought of this group at Corinth. And how meekly he concludes (verse 18) "For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth."
It's all about God. Fancy that.
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