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11 aNow when1 Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;  
12 for before certain men came from James, ahe would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing1 those who were of the circumcision.  
13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about athe truth of the gospel, I said to Peter bbefore them all, c“If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews,1 why do you compel Gentiles to live as2 Jews?  
15 aWe who are Jews by nature, and not bsinners of the Gentiles,  
16 aknowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but bby faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not cby the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.  
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The apostle Paul encountered hypocrisy among Jewish Christians who refused to eat with the Gentile converts.

So the Judaizers accused Paul of watering down the gospel to make it easier for the Gentiles to accept, while Paul accused the Judaizers of nullifying the truth of the gospel by adding conditions to it. And the basis of salvation was the issue. So the argument came to a head when Peter, Paul, the Judaizers, and some Gentile Christians all gathered together in Antioch to share a meal, and Peter probably thought that by staying aloof from the Gentiles, he was promoting harmony. He did not want to offend James' Jewish friends, but Paul charged that Peter's action violated the gospel. By joining the Judaizers, Peter implicitly supported their claim that Christ was not sufficient for salvation. Compromise is an important element in getting along with others, but we should never compromise the truth of God's Word.

Excerpted from When Actions Contradict Stated Beliefs

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