circumcision.--And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.--But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?--We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,--knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. So much for the question about Jewish rites. We come now to the state of affairs between Paul and Peter. Concerning this, we have little, as hath been seen, from the author of the Acts: from Paul himself, not much: but what there is of it is of prime importance. On this occasion, to judge from the account given in the Acts,--between Paul and Peter, all was harmony. In their principles, in their speeches, they may be seen pleading on the same side: arguing, and arguing in vain, both of them against the superior influence of James: of that James, of whose written works, in comparison of those we have from Paul, we have so little. But presently, on one side at least,--we shall see contention--preserving contention--and rival ambition, for the cause of it. In this pregnant and instructive letter,--Paul's second letter to his Galatians,--the authenticity of which seems to be altogether out of the reach of doubt,--among the particulars, that bear relation to this the third visit, the following are those, by which the greatest share of attention seems demanded at our hands. In the first place, let us view them in the order in which they _stand_: that done, the degree of _importance_ may determine the order in which they are _considered_. 1. Fourteen is the number of years, between this third visit of his to Jerusalem, reckoning either from the first of his visits made to that same holy place after his conversion, or from his departure from Damascus after his return thither from Arabia. 2. On this journey of his to Jerusalem, he has with him not only Barnabas, as mentioned in the Acts, but _Titus_, of whom no mention is there made. 3. It is by revelation, that this journey of his was undertaken. 4. The Gospel, which he then and there preaches, is a Gospel of his own. 5. Private at the same time, and for reasons thereupon given, is his mode of communicating it. 6. Titus, though at his disposal, he leaves uncircumcised. 7. _False brethren_ is the appellation he bestows upon those, who, on this occasion, standing up for the Mosaic law, give occasion to this debate.