RELG 314 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fula People, Apostolic Fathers, Pseudepigrapha
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Cephas = peter ate with gentiles until james" followers came hypocrisy; going back on their original acknowledgement of jews and. Justification does not come through following the law, but from believing in christ: those who live in the law are subject to god"s curse . Jewish law as a set of instructions and guidelines until god came back to fulfill his promise through the coming of christ. Jews and gentiles who have faith are the true descendants of abraham: faith sets people straight with god like abraham had faith. By fully committing to one another, they fulfill the law you shall love your neighbour as yourself . Christians don"t have to carry out the aspects of the law that made jews jewish. Paul was treated roughly in philippi when he first established the church there. Compilation of more than one letter two or three letters.
