Lets return to your first paragraph since you felt was deceptive of me in cutting it off because I found it irrelevant (even though I did bring it up and adress it already) but since you keep placing emphasis on Peter (as opposed to Paul) in certain places, I thought I would point out that these things preceeding each of them.
He says here, I will give you pastors "according to mine heart",
Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Same would be shown in Peter, "lovest thou me"? Pastors "according to mine heart"
John 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him,
Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
The same would feed the sheep, "with knowledge and understanding"
Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Paul now, " Wherefore I give you to understand"
1 Cr 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed:
and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Paul also tells them, to feed the sheep when he says, "feed the church of God"
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers,
to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Just as Peter likewise tells them to feed his sheep, when he says, "feed the flock of God"
1 Peter 5:2-3 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, (Acts 20:28) not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, (2 Cr 4:5) but being ensamples to the flock.(Phil 3:17)
Peter also saying,
" being ensamples to the flock" (1 Peter 5:3)
Now Paul
" ye have us for an ensample" (Phil 3:17)
Phil 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample
truly, let it go, scripture shows Peter was first to preach to the gentiles. After Paul’s dramatic encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3–6), he was baptized by Ananias and immediately began preaching, but notice
where and
to whom. The Bible says, “Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God” (
Acts 9:20). Synagogues were Jewish places of worship, so at this point, Paul’s audience was still mainly
Jews, not Gentiles.
Later in the same chapter, the Jews in Damascus plotted to kill him, and the disciples helped him escape (Acts 9:23–25). He then went to Jerusalem and tried to join the disciples there, but even they were afraid of him because of his past (Acts 9:26). Afterward, persecution broke out, and Paul (then called Saul) was sent away to Tarsus, his home city (Acts 9:30).
Years passed quietly after that. During this time, the gospel was spreading through Judea, Galilee, and Samaria — mainly through Peter, Philip, and others (Acts 9:31–43). We don’t hear from Paul again until
Barnabas goes to find him in Tarsus and brings him to Antioch (Acts 11:25–26). This was at least
10 to 12 years after his conversion, based on historical and textual clues. Antioch had become a mixed church of Jews and Gentiles, and it was there that “the disciples were first called Christians” (Acts 11:26).
It was in
Acts 13 that Paul’s specific mission to the Gentile nations truly began. The Holy Spirit spoke to them at Antioch, saying, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them” (
Acts 13:2). After fasting, praying, and laying hands on them, the church sent them out, and “they, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus” (
Acts 13:4).
This was Paul’s
first missionary journey, and it marked the official start of his work among the Gentiles. During this journey, in the city of Antioch in Pisidia, the Jews rejected Paul’s message, and Paul boldly declared, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles” (
Acts 13:46).
So when we say it took years before Paul began his Gentile mission, Scripture supports that timeline clearly:
His calling was announced in Acts 9:15.
He preached mainly to Jews in Acts 9:20.
He spent years in Tarsus before being brought to Antioch (Acts 9:30; Acts 11:25–26).
His first mission to Gentile nations began in Acts 13:2–4, over a decade later.
Paul knew early what God had planned for him, but it took time, growth, and God’s perfect timing before that plan came to life. By the time he set out from Antioch in Acts 13, Peter had already opened the door to the Gentiles in Acts 10 through Cornelius. Paul then followed that same path, carrying the gospel even farther into the nations, fulfilling what God had spoken long before.
If you require More information I am certain you can find in a any reputable religious studies library a timeline of Paul's ministries. To me it is clear both were appointed to preach to the Gentiles and did what they were supposed to do in their appointed times, there is no need to discuss further.
