“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.”
Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentile believers, because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. — Peter's hypocrisy ('hupokrisis') consists in withdrawing ('aphōrizō') from fellowship with Gentiles, tacitly endorsing the circumcision party's view that Gentile inclusion requires Torah observance; fear ('phobēō'), not conviction, drives his reversal.
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