A lot of people would like the Epistles ignored since they mention things like homosexuality, lukewarm churches, apostasy, etc....
pretty uncomfortable stuff for some of the left leaning “christians”.
I heard of a guy who put the Gospels ahead of the epistles in order to justify pacifism.
His comment about Romans 13 was: “Oh, that is the opinion of PAUL”, (with a little whimpering sigh).
So, yes, you are correct, pacifism was his excuse, and God’s word was his casualty.