Paul maintained that Jews should
continue to be circumcised ...
Acts 16:1-3
1 He came to Derbe and then to
Lystra where a disciple named Timothy
lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer,
but whose father was a Greek.
2 The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well
of him.
3 Paul wanted to take him along on
the journey, so he circumcised him
because of the Jews who lived in that area, for
they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Remember, since Timothy's mother was
Jewish, so was he. Titus, however, was not. (Galatians
2:3)
3 But Titus who
was with me, being a Greek, was not
compelled to be circumcised.
As Paul continued to preach a write
to the Gentiles, people continued to misunderstand
exactly what he was saying. History tell us
that not only the Jewish population misunderstood
Paul, the Gentiles also were confused by Paul.
2 Peter 3:15
15 ...Paul also wrote you with
the wisdom that God gave him.
16 He writes the same way in all his letters,
speaking in them of these matters. His
letters contain some things that
are hard to understand, which ignorant
and unstable people distort as they do the other
scriptures to their own destruction.