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.
He withdrew
Fearing
General references
Bible References
He did
Acts 10:28
He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
Acts 11:3
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."
Ephesians 2:15
when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,
Ephesians 3:6
namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
He withdrew
Isaiah 65:5
They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
Luke 15:2
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Stay away from every form of evil.
Fearing
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
Isaiah 57:11
Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.
Matthew 26:69
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."
General references
Luke 5:38
Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
Luke 15:2
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
Galatians 2:18
But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God's law.