They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.