“12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”
And so it was that self righteousness proved to follow Paul no matter where he went. This of course included areas, north of Jerusalem, he preached in; areas where most of the ancient lost tribes lived since their diaspora of ~720 earlier, people that though continued with their Israelite customs, had become assimilated to Greek and other Mythologies; the opposite of a set-apart nation, that Paul so-desperately wanted to save, causing Paul to continuously have to address his young congregations; sadly, many of which followed the footsteps of those in his lineage – that of self-rightiousness that lead to a falling away from YHWH – in most cases to the baals; false leadership (false teaching). Which should bring this question to mind, “are we absolutely sure that what we are learning is set-apart? Paul, and all other YH loving hosts, would put it to us the same as YH’shua would, “May Your (YHWH, Elohim’s) Will (Word and Works) be done on earth (in us) as it is in heaven.”
Lest we forget that YHWH said we were made in His image and likeness, that in itself we should know we need no other input but that which is of His, for certainly the capacity to understand it has been given….. Amein, Amein.
2 Corinthians 10:12