<p>15:26 <i>For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem</i>- This was a very positive take on the project. For it ran into big difficulties; the believers in Achaia didn't come up with their promised contributions, even though Paul had boasted that they were going to make those donations (2 Cor. 9:2). And there is no record of what was raised being received positively; all we read of in :31 is Paul's doubt as to whether it would be received. Rather it seems did the Jewish Christians betray Paul into the hands of the orthodox Jews and Romans. Again we sense an obsessive side to Paul, a desire to make things work out, to prove that Jew and Gentile were in fact harmoniously united in Christ.</p><p>God is believer-centric; to Him, His 'world' is the believers. He speaks of &quot;Macedonia and Achaia&quot; as meaning 'the believers in Macedonia and Achaia' (Rom. 15:26). &ldquo;Samaria&hellip; received the word of God&rdquo; (Acts 8:14)- not everyone in Samaria, but those who did are counted as &ldquo;Samaria&rdquo; to God. The field of the ecclesia is &ldquo;the world&rdquo; to God; and note how the Corinth ecclesia were &ldquo;God&rsquo;s field&rdquo; (1 Cor. 3:9 Gk.). Often Scripture speaks as if &quot;all men&quot; will be raised. Rom. 2:6-9 speaks of &quot;every man&quot; being judged at the second coming. We know that literally &quot;all men&quot; will not be.</p>