I do not think Paul was saying he was a milk toast. he confronted Peter on his doctrine.. I do not read that scripture as you do
How do you think I read it?
By no means do I think Paul was a Milquetoast. I just don’t think his repertoire was limited to confrontation and harsh language. And I DO think he labored to make his message acceptable — or at least to avoid having his presentation getting in the way of his message.
This exchange started with my suggesting that evangelism done in a way to drive people off was of questionable value.
You replied that it didn’t matter because God was not going to let an inept evangelist interfere with his plan to save someone.
So I brought up Paul’s claiming to tailor his manner of presentation as much as he could without, one assumes, compromising the Gospel.
In other words, it SEEMS that Paul took care to think about how his presentation contributed or interfered with his message being heard.
I was not arguing that he was always mild. I WAS arguing that he thought about how his manner would affect his hearers and tried to accommodate himself to them, becoming all things to all people in order that some might be saved.
That attitude seems (a) VERY Biblical and (b) neglected by those who seem to me to revel in being confrontative and offensive, while (c) claiming to center everything on the Bible.