15:5 There rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees. Men of that sect who, like Paul, had become Christians, but unlike him had retained their Jewish bigotry. Perhaps some of them were Paul's old friends. They seem to have sprung the controversy when the missionaries gave account of their work (Ac 15:4) . ( People's New Testament )
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
15:1-6 Some from Judea taught the Gentile converts at Antioch, that they could not be saved, unless they observed the whole ceremonial law as given by Moses; and thus they sought to destroy Christian liberty. There is a strange proneness in us to think that all do wrong who do not just as we do. Their doctrine was very discouraging. Wise and good men desire to avoid contests and disputes as far as they can; yet when false teachers oppose the main truths of the gospel, or bring in hurtful doctrines, we must not decline to oppose them.
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Historical Responses by Different Men of Universal Distinctions and Natural Authority - Lovers of True Liberties ( As Espoused in Christ via the Path of Virtues ) , As Have Aspired to the Tenets of Christendom, ( Yet ), have Suffered the Intellectual Afflictions and consequent Disappointments in the Whole Body of Christendom as Perpetuated by the profaning agencies of Pseudo-Christians and "The Brood of Vipers" supposed as Religious Opportunists through the ages and the Cloaks of the ages, Thus in the Name of True Belief, destroying the Actuality of the Arc of True Faith by Words and Consistent Deeds :
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. ” Voltaire
“The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.” James L. Christensen
“An individual Christian may see fit to give up all sorts of things for special reasons - marriage, or meat, or beer, or cinema; but the moment he starts saying the things are bad in themselves, or looking down his nose at other people who do use them, he has taken the wrong turning.” C . S . Lewis
“Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage makes you a car.” Dr. Laurence J. Peter
“If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.” Henry Ward Beecher
“It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!” Patrick Henry
“Christianity does not remove you from the world and its problems; it makes you fit to live in it, triumphantly and usefully. " Charles Templeton
“Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched." Francis Schaeffer
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