Paulwantedthis manto gowith him; and he tookhim and circumcisedhim becauseof the Jewswho were in thoseparts,for they allknewthat his fatherwas a Greek.
but that we writeto them that they abstainfrom things contaminatedby idolsand from fornicationand from what is strangledand from blood.
Barnabaswantedto takeJohn,calledMark,alongwith them also.
But PaulchoseSilasand left,being committedby the brethrento the graceof the Lord.
Circumcisionis nothing,and uncircumcisionis nothing,but [what matters is] the keepingof the commandmentsof God.
To the JewsI becameas a Jew,sothat I might winJews;to thosewhoare underthe Law,as underthe Lawthough not beingmyselfunderthe Law,sothat I might winthose whoare underthe Law;
But not evenTitus,whowas with me, though he was a Greek,was compelledto be circumcised.
(for He who effectuallyworkedfor Peterin [his] apostleshipto the circumcisedeffectually workedfor me alsoto the Gentiles),
For in ChristJesusneithercircumcisionnoruncircumcisionmeansanything,but faithworkingthroughlove.
But you knowof his proven worth,that he servedwith me in the furtherance of the gospellikea child[serving] his father.
