Yes the people would have rejected a letter form Paul and from Peter, John and any other Apostle.
Was Paul Antinomian? By secular view and somes theology maybe. But Paul beleived the Law was applicable for learning. Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Therefore I believe Paul was not a pure antinomian in the modern sense though he believed men were free from the requirement of Law for salvation. He still felt the law played an important role for life for spiritual development.
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