RE: Contending for the Faith: part 1 of ?
I don't know. Why did Moses not circumsise his son's as they left Egypt, but had his wife Zipporah do it to save his life from the destroying angel? I don't know that one either.
Your question is a misdirection from my original question. You quoted Paul circumsizing Timothy as an example of hypocrisy. I gave you a clear answer, that he didn't want to offend the Jews he was ministering to. I then pointed out that Timothy, having known the commands and demands of the Scriptures his whole life never felt obligated to get circumsized until Paul had him do it. So, why did Paul circumsize Timothy and not Titus? Perhaps to avoid what happened to him eventually in Acts 21 where he followed the ceremonial cleansing rituals and paid for his companions prescribed sacrifices, yet the Jews of the city supposed he had brought an uncircumcised man into the temple and had him arrested, despite that not being the case.
My question is no more misdirection than your own. You are simply going on speculation.
How is my question a misdirection ? Did I not answer your first question I this thread? I then asked a relevant question of you regarding Timothy and his being circumsized, which you brought up to prove that Paul was still Pro- circumcision. My comment and question regarding Timothy's life and timing of his circumcision are directly related to our conversation about Paul's understanding of circumcision. besides, when I ask a question, I support it and my line of reasoning with commentary. Please give me your line of reasoning why not being circumsized in the wilderness had any baring on thw question of Timothy's timing of his circumcision.
you stated that if Timothy knew the scriptures from his youth as it says in the scriptures then why wasn't he circumcised beforehand to which I replied Israel had the the Torah and Moses in the wilderness and yet they did not circumcised either so if you can find the answer to why Timothy he wasn't circumcised then you should also be able to find the answer to why they didn't circumcise but the answer is not clear in scripture hence you are going on speculation.