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Paul argues in Galatians that circumcision obligates one to keep the whole of Torah:
Gal 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and
do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:2 Look: I, Paul, say
to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage
to you. Gal 5:3 I testify again to every man who accepts
circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. Gal 5:4 You
are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you
have fallen away from grace.
Abraham himself was circumcised after being justified by faith:
Gen_17:24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
And Paul circumcised Timothy “because of the Jews”:
Act 16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and
circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they
all knew that his father was a Greek.
Why is what is to be refused on pain of falling from favor for the Galatians of no apparent consequence in the lives of Abraham and Timothy?
