This was the golden opportunity for all the leading brethren to confess frankly that God had wrought through Paul, and that at times they had erred in permitting the reports of his enemies to arouse their jealousy and prejudice. But instead of uniting in an effort to do justice to the one who had been injured, they gave him counsel which showed that they still cherished a feeling that Paul should be held largely responsible for the existing prejudice. They did not stand nobly in his defense, endeavoring to show the disaffected ones where they were wrong, but sought to effect a compromise by counseling him to pursue a course which in their opinion would remove all cause for misapprehension.


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Paulus som fange

Her var nu en enestående lejlighed for alle de ledende brødre til frimodigt at indrømme, at Gud havde virket gennem Paulus og at de til tider var faret vild ved at lade hans fjenders beretninger vække deres skinsyge og fordom; men i stedet for i fællesskab at stræbe efter at vise retfærdighed mod ham, som de havde forurettet, gav de ham gode råd, som viste, at de stadig havde en følelse af, at Paulus i særlig grad burde gøres ansvarlig for de bestående fordomme. De gik ikke modigt ind for at forsvare ham ved at bestræbe sig for at vise de misfornøjede, at de havde uret, men søgte at udvirke et kompromis ved at tilråde ham at følge en fremgangsmåde, som efter deres mening ville fjerne al grund til misforståelser.

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