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To: roamer_1
Again, ALL of it. What word of YHWH is empty? Now, saying that, a good portion is for priests, some for men, some for women... not all of it pertains to every_one... So what is *yours* to do varies.

[A]fter fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain. But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in - who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery - to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. (Gal. 2:1-5)

Please tell us:

  1. When Paul refused to allow Titus to be circumcised, were either he or Titus in deliberate disobedience to the Torah? If so, would that also not mean that Paul is here boasting about disobeying the Torah?
  2. What "truth of the gospel" is he preserving by refusing to allow a Gentile Christian to be circumcised?

330 posted on 03/05/2014 2:09:55 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa
When Paul refused to allow Titus to be circumcised, were either he or Titus in deliberate disobedience to the Torah?

No.

If so, would that also not mean that Paul is here boasting about disobeying the Torah?

It is not so, so the question is moot.

What "truth of the gospel" is he preserving by refusing to allow a Gentile Christian to be circumcised?

There is no requirement for circumcision of adult males in Torah. There were many 'righteous gentiles' living among the Israelis from the very beginning.

382 posted on 03/05/2014 5:04:15 PM PST by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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