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 yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.
Acts 11:3
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
Ephesians 2:15
having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
Ephesians 3:6
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
He withdrew
Isaiah 65:5
who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
Luke 15:2
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
Fearing
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
Isaiah 57:11
"Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?
Matthew 26:69
Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
General references
Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
Luke 15:2
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
Galatians 2:18
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.