chuckd
Puritan Board Junior
1 Cor. 7:18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. 19 For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
This was after the question in Acts 15 regarding the Gentiles being circumcised was answered.
Is this passage addressing two groups?
1. Converted Jews who understood that circumcision obligated them to the Mosaic law. (Gal. 5:3) They concluded they must remove the circumcision in order to obligate them to the law of Christ.
2. Converted Greeks who were under the impression that circumcision was still the initiation into the covenant (so to speak).
Or was there a third understanding among the Corinthians that this passage is addressing?
This was after the question in Acts 15 regarding the Gentiles being circumcised was answered.
Is this passage addressing two groups?
1. Converted Jews who understood that circumcision obligated them to the Mosaic law. (Gal. 5:3) They concluded they must remove the circumcision in order to obligate them to the law of Christ.
2. Converted Greeks who were under the impression that circumcision was still the initiation into the covenant (so to speak).
Or was there a third understanding among the Corinthians that this passage is addressing?