Episode 40: Baptism, not circumcision
When we read the book of Acts as well as Paul’s letter to the Galatians, it’s abundantly clear that the apostle was vehemently opposed to requiring Gentile converts to be circumcised. In Colossians 2:11-12, he backs this up with a theological argument. But what Paul means precisely is an ongoing subject of scholarly debate; we’ll begin exploring the possibilities here.
