*“… how I persecuted the church of God violently.”* Persecuting the followers of Jesus had become Paul’s obsession. He had lived for the perverse pleasure of watching them suffer by his hand and, when he thought it just, die. Yet, Paul's ultimate target was not individuals, but something corporate to which they belonged together: the church of God, Scripture: [[Galatians 1#^2ddf64]] %%Galatians 1:13-17%% #jot