Paul, with his usual good judgment, caused Timothy to be circumcised; not that God required it, but in order to remove from the minds of the Jews an obstacle to Timothy’s ministration. Paul was to labor from place to place in the synagogues, and there to preach Christ. If his companion should be known as an uncircumcised heathen, the work of both would be greatly hindered by the prejudice and bigotry of the people, The apostle everywhere met a storm of persecution. He desired to bring the Jews to Christianity, and sought, as far as was consistent with the faith, to remove every pretext for opposition. Yet while he conceded this much to Jewish prejudice, his faith and teachings declared that circumcision or uncircumcision was nothing, but the gospel of Christ was everything.{LP 73.2}


Skildringer fra Paulus liv kapitel 7. 73.     Fra side 73 i den engelske udgave.tilbage

Fængslingen af Paulus og Silas

Paulus fik, med sin usædvanlige gode dømmekraft, Timotius til at blive omskåret; ikke fordi at Gud forlagte det, men for at få det ud af jødernes hoveder, at Timotius tjeneste var en forhindring. Paulus skulle arbejde fra sted til sted i synagogerne, og forkynde Kristus der. Hvis hans ledsager skulle kendes som en uomskåret hedning, ville begges arbejde forhindres af folks fordomme og blinde tro. Over alt mødte apostlen en storm af forfølgelse. Han ønskede at bringe jøderne til kristendommen, og forsøgte, så vidt det var efter troen, at fjerne al påskud for modstand. Alligevel gav han efter for de jødiske fordomme, erklærede han i sin lære at omskærelse eller ikke omskærelse ikke gør noget, men Kristi evangelium var alt.

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