In 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, Paul defends his ministry against the claims of so-called “super apostles” and in the process he expresses the centrality of the original Gospel they received. It’s literally a story as old as Creation, as Paul references Eve and the serpent. That same serpent is still at work in crafty deception, distorting the Gospel and redefining What Matters Most. Paul won’t have it, and neither should we. Hopefully this text will reorient and ground us once again.