Acts 21:21

"And they have been told about you" Here is. rumor that has been circulating about what Paul taught while traveling and preaching to Jews in other parts of the world. "That you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs" This accusation is. good example of how. half-truth can be very dangerous. First, Paul did not forbid Jews to circumcise their children, in fact, he had circumcised Timothy (Acts 16:1 ff). He did teach that circumcision was no longer. divine requirement, and thus. non-issue (it did not matter if you were or if you were not circumcised, 1 Corinthians 7:19). And he aggressively opposed those who taught that one could not be saved unless they were circumcised (Acts 15:2). There is. vast difference between saying, "It is not necessary", and "You must not do it". In addition, Paul also taught that the Law was given by God (Romans 7:12), thus inspired, but that the problem was that no man would keep if perfectly. He had made it very clear in Galatians and Romans that Christians are no longer under the Law, rather it was the schoolmaster that brought us to Christ (Galatians 3:24).