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Danoh;5248840]That same right "why Paul...at all" point there is exactly why when Paul uses a phrase like "the church of God," at times he is referring to the Twelve and their converts (Believing Remnant of Israel), while at other times he is referring to God's New Creature: the Body of Christ.
Because the Body was / is not, a continuation of the Twelve and their converts, but is in fact "a NEW Creature" WITHIN "the church" or Household of God: which is comprised of the Israel of God and of the Body of Christ.
Israel of God: The Twelve and their converts: the Believing Remnant of Israel.
Body of Christ: Formerly lost Jews and Gentiles, as a New Creature to reign over The Heavenly Host one day.
Said Body of Christ having begun this side of Unbelieving Israel's Fall, and God's planned, TEMPORARY setting aside of His plan and purpose for the Earth, through the Israel of God over the Nations of the Earth from Jerusalem.
Danoh, why then did Paul say he persecuted the church that he had then become a part of ?
Gal 1:13
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
Gal 1:23
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
There was and is only ONE church.