Imagine young Timothy. He was doing well in his faith and he was being recognized by the believers as a potential pastor in his community. Even Paul saw his giftedness. Step one: get circumcised! What??? Wasn't the letter that they had received focused on "NOT" doing such things! If I were Timothy, I would have been begging Paul to apply the letter to me!
Paul clearly understood the content of the letter AND he knew that Timothy did not need to be circumcised but, because of the gospel, he had Timothy circumcised. It was Paul's way of making Timothy as broadly accepted as possible. Timothy learned quickly what Paul would later write to the Corinthians, "I do all things for the sake of the gospel".
Live for the gospel today. God wants to make His message clear through our life.
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