Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

General references

Bible References

He did

Acts 10:28
And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.
Acts 11:3
saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Ephesians 2:15
by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
Ephesians 3:6
to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

He withdrew

Isaiah 65:5
“Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
Luke 15:2
Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
1 Thessalonians 5:22
abstain from every form of evil.

Fearing

Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.
Isaiah 57:11
“Of whom were you worried and fearful
When you lied, and did not remember Me
Nor give Me a thought?
Was I not silent even for a long time
So you do not fear Me?
Matthew 26:69
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

General references

Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
Luke 15:2
Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Galatians 2:18
For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

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