Paul is the source of much of the structure of living as a christian. He is responsible for virtually every book in the new testament outside the gospels and revelations... All of the books such as "galatians" and "timothy" are really "paul's letter to timothy" or "paul's letter to the corinthians."
All of paul's commentary was directed to specific communities with specific issues. For example, when paul says that you shouldn't have sex outside of marriage, this is because a pregnant female without a husband in the year 100 CE would not survive. This has zero relevance in the modern world but people think it's divine mandate.
Paul's interpretation is in small world and specific community situation applications of christ's message but is generally interpreted literally as applying generally. As you see quoted above, much of the modern structure of christianity is derived from paul and not from christ's teachings.
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