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Gentiles: A Case Study
Hello Andrea, I agree with you that Paul did play a significant role in helping to convert many Gentiles. This became a problem with the Jewish Christians because Paul wanted to get them in the church, but the other leaders in the church were against it. Paul got the church council together, and they decided that the Gentile men did not have to be circumcised to join the church. I believe that we all have differences and beliefs, but whatever they are we can work through them and come to a solution just like the early church set the example.

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