the circumcision party criticized him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” But Peter began and explained it to them in order: “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw
Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
The Bible speaks of male circumcision. Is it of any benefit now? What does the Bible teach about circumcision? What have many modern scientists concluded? (Here is a link to a related video: Circumcision: Good or Bad?) Let's start off by looking at the Bible. Thousands of years ago, ...
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Jeremiah 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Romans 2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, ...
The corresponding passage in 2 Peter 2:12 is less definite. Here we have two pointed statements, one referring to the railers at dignities, the other to the defilers of the flesh in verse 8. But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the...
For neither did Peter, whom first the Lord chose and upon whom he built his Church . . . despise Paul because he had previously been a persecutor of the Church, but admitted the counsel of truth [that Paul gave] . . . furnishing thus an illustration to us both of concord and of ...
(2.) Besides thus gathering his Church out of the world, and making its members a peculiar people, distinguished by circumcision from the Gentiles around them, the promise of redemption was made more definite. The Redeemer was to be of the seed of Abraham. He was to be one person. The ...
“As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second or third day after their birth, that the old law of circumcision must be taken into consideration, and that you did not think that one should be baptized and sanctified ...
1 Peter 2:1,3(CEB)“Stop being hateful! Quit trying to fool people, and start being sincere. Don’t be jealous or say cruel things about others…You have already found out how good the Lord really is.”Kevin Robinson November 13, 2020.Who do you think you are? This is a very impo...
Peter extends. If it does not reach to the end of the chapter, as some think it does, the break may be very well placed at the end of this verse. For this verse clearly relates to St. Peter, whether actually addressed to him or not; notwithstanding that the verbs are in the ...