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Dingoling says he has studied Scripture for;
how many years did he say ???????
but all his post show is he reads thru the glasses of his teachers
This whole controversy started over this;
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren,
and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
So Paul had to get involved and straighten them out
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them,
After there had been much debate Peter was the first one to get up and speak and in effect said no the Gentiles don't need to be circumcised. The debate ended after Peter spoke. So yes Peter did make the decision.
Peter did not make the decision;
in fact, Peter was as much to be blamed as any of them
carried away saying the Gentiles had to live as the Jews
after all that squibbilin and squallin amongst them
Peter included
whinnin and Bawlin
12 Then all the multitude kept silence,
and gave audience
to Barnabas and Paul,
declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
and now
James makes the decision, Not Peter
James speaking
Wherefore my sentence is,
#2; Paul was the Apostle unto the Gentiles chosen by the Father himself
so it was Paul, The Pharisee that set in the Seat of Moses in the 1st Day church
not Peter