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.

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