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Galatians 4:
1
Now I say the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave,
though he is master of all,
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,
born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, Abba, Father!
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature
are not gods.
9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn
again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
10 You observe days and months and seasons and years.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

He says "under the Law" to express being under a burden of bondage.
Acts 15:
10
Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples
which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
29
that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
 

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former Pagans in Gal 4 "turn again" (return) to the observance of some pagan days.

Hint: Pagans worshiped "those which by nature are in fact NOT (gods)" - as everyone knows.

NIV - "8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods
Commentaries agree - as noted here #10


8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
9
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
10 You observe days and months and seasons and years.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

Paul condemns those gentile converts who used to worship idols / false gods and who then "turn again" -- as converted Christians "turn again" (return) to those pagan weak and beggerly elements of their former life - a mix of paganism with Christianity as can be seen by the fact that even while observing the pagan days they are still reading this letter of Paul addressed to them.

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speaking of the former-pagans verses in Gal 4:

8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
9
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

They previously served by nature those which were not gods. check
They did not know the living God. check.
They now know God and are known by Him verse 9 check. Because they are born again.

They are now returning to weak and beggarly elements. check.

Yes this is the part too obvious to deny... agreed.

Clearly they are returning to paganism "you TURN AGAIN" to the

9 But now that you have come to know God,..., how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

"return AGAIN" to what? what ELSE was a former pagan in Greece going to "Return AGAIN to"?? -- being a atheist in Asia? being an Eskimo? no.

How about - "being a pagan in Greece"???

How does Paul contrast Judaism with paganism in the NT.

Rom 3:1 "what advantage has the Jew? - great in every respect"

"Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First, that they were entrusted with the actual words of God. 3 What then? If some did not believe

Rom 2 - salvation "to the Jew first and also to the Greek"
1 Cor 8 - the Jews were far in advance of the pagans - in worshipping the one true God - monotheists. (post 16 on this same page - #16 )

Matt 17 - Moses and Elijah with Christ IN GLORY before the cross... FAR from "just like paganism"!

Pagans had the practice of observing "observe days and months and seasons and years" also condemned in the OT --

KJV - Gal 4:10 "Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years."

Lev 19: 26 "You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor observe times" (KJV).

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Bible scholars have long recognized the pagan system being referenced here.

#10

Martin Luther "Almost all doctors have interpreted this reference as concerning the astrological days of the Chaldeans"

A commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, rev, trans, [London: James Clarke, 1953], 392


Troy Martin agrees with Luther
“In 4.8 Paul mentions the former pagan life of the Galatian Christians. In 4.9, he asks them how they can desire their former life again. He then proposes their observance of the time-keeping scheme in 4.10 as a demonstrative proof of their reversion to their old life…Considering only the immediate context of Gal 4.10 the list must be understood as a pagan temporal scheme”

“Pagan and Judeo-Christian Time-keeping Schemes in Gal 4:10 and Col 2:16” NTS 42 (1996):105-119 ( p 113) Troy Martin

R. A. Cole “it is not necessary…to see any Jewish influence in these Galatians; in all forms of paganism there is some form of ‘casting horoscopes’, with consequent ‘lucky’ and ‘unlucky’ days”

(The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians: An Introduction and Commentary,, R. A. Cole. TNTC [London: Tyndale, 1969], 119)

S. Mitchell writes “the major obstacle which stood in the way of the progress of Christianity, and the force which would have drawn new adherents back to conformity with the prevailing paganism, was the public worship of he Emperor. The packed calendar of the ruler cult dragooned the citizens…into observing days, months, seasons and years which it laid down for special recognition and celebration”

S. Mitchell, Anatolia; Land, Men and Gods in Asia Minor, Volume 2 The rise of the Church (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993), P. 10.

You are insisting that v. 10 implies a return to paganism. .

true.



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If you can prove verse 10 is a reference to paganism, you have not shown it, ...

easy "note the details" already given.

Here is what Paul says about the Laws of the OT - the Commandments of God:

Paul says "What MATTERS is KEEPING the Commandments of God" 1 Cor 7:19

Paul says that the very SAME LAW of Moses that condemns all mankind Rom 3:19-20 is the one ESTABLISHED by faith Rom 3:31

Paul lists the very SAME pre-cross commands of Moses in Romans 13 that Christ's lists in Matt 19 as binding on all Christians.

Paul says that the same unit of TEN where the "first commandment with a promise" is the 5th commandment - is the LAW that binds Christians to that very day - in Eph 6:1-2

As for this affirmation of the OT Ten Commandments by Bible Scholars in almost all Christian denominations on planet Earth -- #1

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In Heb 11 we see the saints of the OT held high as examples - giants of faith - before the NT readers --

And then there is "god fearing gentiles" --

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.. there were gentiles - god-fearing saved gentiles that went to the synagogues (so not pagan at all) is already accepted. That is not what Paul is condemning. In fact in Acts 13 he approves them in that state!!


Acts 13
15 After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue officials sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” 16 Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said,

Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen: 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, ...23 From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,...

26 “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent

Just as we see in Acts 10
Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitable contributions to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” 4 And he looked at him intently and became terrified, and said, “What is it, lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and charitable gifts have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

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Adam Clarke Commentary on Gal 4:8
"When ye knew not God - Though it is evident, from the complexion of the whole of this epistle, that the great body of the Christians in the Churches of Galatia were converts from among the Jews or proselytes to Judaism; yet from this verse it appears that there were some who had been converted from heathenism;"

Yep - and that is not what is being condemned by Paul as was just noted above... details matter.
 
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Rom 14 - non pagans: All cases are examples of believers approved of God

Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not to have quarrels over opinions. 2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One observes one day above another, another observe every day. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and the one who eats, does so with regard to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

10 But as for you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you as well, why do you regard your brother or sister with contempt?

..

12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

22 The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

The "Days" of Rom 14 are in the Bible-approved list of annual holy days in Lev 23 -- they are not the pagan days of Gal 4.
 
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Pagans in Gal 4


8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
9
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
10 You observe days and months and seasons and years.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

Paul condemns those gentile converts who used to worship idols / false gods and who then as converted Christians "turn again" to those pagan weak and beggerly elements of their former life - a mix of paganism with Christianity as can be seen by the fact that even while observing the pagan days they are still reading this letter of Paul addressed to them.
Noting that you cut off the the first seven verses to support your position by omission.
All this was provided in the OP, so the omission is obvious.

1 Now I say the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave,
though he is master of all,
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,
born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, Abba, Father!
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
 
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Galatians 4:
1
Now I say the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave,
though he is master of all,
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,
born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, Abba, Father!
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature
are not gods.
9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn
again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
10 You observe days and months and seasons and years.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

He says "under the Law" to express being under a burden of bondage.
Acts 15:
10
Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples
which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
29
that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
The Galatians, prior to faith in Christ, did not worship the God of Jacob, nor did they observe his holy days or commandments.

therefore, it would not be logical that Paul is chastising them for “returning” to doing those things that they never did in the first place.

they can’t “turn again” to celebrating God’s holy days, if they were never doing it in the first place.
 
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Rom 14 defends ALL observance of any and all OT holy days

There is no need to defend observances, as he was not making any attempt to abolish
any OT holiday. He was stating that this was at the individual's discretion if they were
a gentile. Remaining mandatory for the descendants of Jacob, as Paul practiced while
in Jerusalem

Romans 14:
5
One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day.
Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day,
to the Lord he does not observe. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks;
and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
 
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There is no need to defend observances,

And yet he does --

Rom 14

4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One observes one day above another, another observe every day. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord,
..

10 But as for you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you as well, why do you regard your brother or sister with contempt?
--
12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

22 The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

The "Days" of Rom 14 are in the Bible-approved list of annual holy days in Lev 23 -- they are not the pagan days of Gal 4.
 
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The Galatians, prior to faith in Christ, did not worship the God of Jacob, nor did they observe his holy days or commandments.
Paul preached in the synagogues of the region to Jews, as well as gentile converts to Judaism.
Paul did not preach in pagan temples. The first gentiles to accept Christ did in fact worship
the God of Jacob. The scriptures were read in Greek. The Jews who lived in the region spoke
Greek. The faithful in Judea called them "Hellenists".
Paul circumcised Timothy because he was a Jew on his mother's side, and knew he would
draw scrutiny from the Jews in the region.

Acts 16:
1
Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy,
the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek.
2 He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he took and circumcised him because of
the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which
were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
 
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The Galatians, prior to faith in Christ, did not worship the God of Jacob,

amen!

Indeed!
NIV - "8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods."

God never condemns his own Word as "paganism" or the worship of false gods... rather He condemns paganism as the worship of false gods.

A not-so-subtle detail I think we all see. :)


Adam Clarke Commentary on Gal 4:8
"When ye knew not God - Though it is evident, from the complexion of the whole of this epistle, that the great body of the Christians in the Churches of Galatia were converts from among the Jews or proselytes to Judaism; yet from this verse it appears that there were some who had been converted from heathenism;"

Ellicott’s Commentary Gal 4:8
(8) Them which by nature are no gods.—The gods of the heathen are called by St. Paul “devils.” (See 1 Corinthians 10:20 : “The things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to devils, and not to God.”)

Matthew Henry Gal 4:8
The happy change whereby the Galatians were turned from idols to the living God


Robertson’s Word Pictures of the New Testament: Gal 4:8
To them which by nature are not gods (τοις πυσει μη ουσι τεοις — tois phusei mē ousi theois). In 1 Corinthians 10:20 he terms them “demons,” the “so-called gods” (1 Corinthians 8:5), worshipping images made by hands (Acts 17:29).
 
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Paul preached in the synagogues of the region to Jews, as well as gentile converts to Judaism.
Paul did not preach in pagan temples.

Gal 4 is not a sermon in a pagan temple - it is a letter to a gentile church composed of former pagans.. obviously.

And Paul refers to the OT text as "The Holy Spirit says" in Heb 3... not as "paganism".

Heb 3
Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the boast of our hope.7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today if you hear His voice,

Bible details matter.
 
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And yet he does -
No he does not, he clearly is saying that there is no preference of one over the other.
He is speaking of passing judgment on one another based on whether or not someone
was keeping observances or not.

Romans 14:
5
One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day.
Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
6
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day,
to the Lord he does not observe. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks;
and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
Why are you chopping up verse 6?
5 One observes one day above another, another observe every day. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord,
..
 
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Gal 4 is not a sermon in a pagan temple
Who said it was?
it is a letter to a gentile church composed of former pagans.. obviously.
The only thing that is obvious is that you are seeing what you want to see.
It is a letter to many churches of Jew and gentile, abiding in the region of Galatia. The gentiles
were not former pagans. They were already converts to Judaism. Are you unfamiliar with
Jewish evangelism at the time? Read the book of Acts. Paul preached in synagogues throughout
the region, some of the Jews accepted Christ, even more of the gentiles.

Acts 14:
1
Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and
so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness
to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5 And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers,
to abuse and stone them,
6 they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the
surrounding region.
7 And they were preaching the gospel there.
 
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Who said it was?

The only thing that is obvious is that you are seeing what you want to see.
It is a letter to many churches of Jew and gentile, abiding in the region of Galatia. The gentiles
were not former pagans. They were already converts to Judaism. Are you unfamiliar with
Jewish evangelism at the time? Read the book of Acts. Paul preached in synagogues throughout
the region, some of the Jews accepted Christ, even more of the gentiles.

Acts 14:
1
Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and
so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness
to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5 And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers,
to abuse and stone them,
6 they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the
surrounding region.
7 And they were preaching the gospel there.


There weren't even early churches. These were "Preemie" Churches that hadn't even been born yet.
Paul was writing to churches that were hardly born and existed before the New Testament was created.

I like observing months and seasons and years. But I hate that the number changes so often.
(Except for this year, of course.)

Death to 2020 (2020) - IMDb
 
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Gal 4 condemns the observance of even ONE pagan holy day.

Rom 14 defends ALL observance of any and all OT holy days
Do you not observe the feast of tabernacles by making a booth as required by Biblical law?

Did you not roast a lamb on a spit before the Passover and eat the entire animal with a group of people beginning at sundown Pesachim/Passover? Do you not believe in keeping the Passover according to the law?

Do you not observe Yom Kippur by sacrificing:
“two (daily) lambs, one bull, two goats, and two rams, with accompanying mincha (meal) offerings, wine libations, and three incense offerings (the regular two daily and an additional one for Yom Kippur.” Wikipedia.
They also require you do no work on this day.

These Old Testament laws requiring observances of special days are not required of Gentile Christians. See Acts 15. God works seven days a week.

People may take a day off for a pagan holiday like July 4 or Memorial Day without incurring wrath.
 
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The gentiles
were not former pagans.
.

Turns out - according to Paul - some of them were and apparently this includes some of them in the gentile church of Galatia.

proof:

1 Cor 8
4 Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6 yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

7 However, not all people have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 Now food will not bring us close to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. 9 But take care that this freedom of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? 11 For through your knowledge the one who is weak is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ died. 12 And so, by sinning against the brothers and sisters and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.
 
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Gal 4 condemns the observance of even ONE pagan holy day.

Rom 14 defends ALL observance of any and all OT holy days

Do you not observe the feast of tabernacles by making a booth as required by Biblical law?

Rom 14 would not condemn it - if I did. And would not condemn it if I did not.

Which is "the point" in Rom 14.

What is your point?
 
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There is no need to defend observances,

And yet he does --


No he does not,

yes he does

Rom 14

4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One observes one day above another, another observe every day. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord,
..

10 But as for you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you as well, why do you regard your brother or sister with contempt?
--
12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

22 The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

The "Days" of Rom 14 are in the Bible-approved list of annual holy days in Lev 23 -- they are not the pagan days of Gal 4.

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he clearly is saying that there is no preference of one over the other.
He is speaking of passing judgment on one another based on whether or not someone
was keeping observances or not.

Why are you chopping up verse 6?

Because I want to emphasize approval for the observance of something optional - the fact that not observing something optional is also approved is a 'given' and does not make the point "loudly" by contrast to Gal 4.

Obviously

(BTW - I don't see how your argument recovers from this detail in Rom 14 or the Gal 4:8 detail here #10 )
 
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Turns out - according to Paul - some of them were and apparently this includes some of them in the gentile church of Galatia.
No doubt. Guess what! There were some in Judea who engaged in idolatry. The point I
have been trying to make is that Judaism was not new to the region.
So now you are quoting
from Corinthians, so let's go there.
Acts 18:
1
After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
2
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy
with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome);
and he came to them.
3 So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation
they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded
both Jews and Greeks.

One thing Paul and other apostles did not do is go to a place of savages like Christian
missionaries and preach to headhunters. The Greeks were the most sophisticated, and
well-educated people in the world. Many studied the scriptures, and why wouldn't they?
They were available in Greek for a reason.
 
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yes he does
You see defense of observances, I see a rebuke of passing judgment on one another
based on whether are not they were or were not maintaining observances. C'est la vie.
"Let each be fully convinced in his own mind."
Paul preached liberty of conscience and showed no preference of one over
the other, and was not defending one over the other. That is until the topic of
circumcision came up.

Galatians 5:
1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be
entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
2
Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3
And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole Law.
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who would be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith
working through love.
 
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