Thursday, February 4, 2010

How did Paul refute the false teaching that Gentile Christians must become Jewish proselytes? Use complete se?

need to know this for my bible class, im just looking for a straightforward anwser, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.How did Paul refute the false teaching that Gentile Christians must become Jewish proselytes? Use complete se?
When the early church decided that gentiles did not need to become proselytes (Acts 15), saying some have said ';Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:


28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;


29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.


Paul said that Jesus abolished the laws that separated Jews and gentiles (Eph. 2:15), and both Jews and gentiles knew that Jews kept dietary rules that gentiles did not; meats were one of the primary customs that separated them. Therefore, when the early church allowed people to live like gentiles (1 Cor. 9:21; Gal. 2:14), they were saying, in effect, that they could eat the foods that gentiles normally ate. The Levitical instructions about clean and unclean were rules for ritual and ceremony, not for defining sin and morality.How did Paul refute the false teaching that Gentile Christians must become Jewish proselytes? Use complete se?
I believe there is a place where some of the leaders favor the Jewish Christians over the Gentile Christians and think they should become Jews first and Paul says no this is wrong we are all equal...





My brother in law tells me he thinks it's either in 1st or 2nd Corinthians





I know I've read it somewhere......





Edit: Check out Galatians 2:11-21
probably told lies like everything he said he was a traitor to the romans the Jews and even pretended to meet jesus why bother what he said the man was a reprobate
This is dealt with at length in Acts 15, including some contributions by the apostle Paul.

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