Sha’ul, Who Was Himself Circumcised, Taught His Hebrew Followers to Abandon the Circumcision Laws of יהוה
‘Though I too might have trust in the flesh. If anyone else thinks to trust in the flesh, I more – circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Yisra’ĕl, of the tribe of Binyamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, according to Torah a Pharisee, according to ardour, persecuting the assembly; according to righteousness that is in the law, having become blameless.’
- Pilipiyim (Philippians) 3:4-6
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/PHP.3.4-6
‘See, I, Sha’ul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Messiah shall be of no use to you. And I witness again to every man being circumcised that he is a debtor to do the entire Torah. You who are declared right by Torah have severed yourselves from Messiah, you have fallen from favour. For we, in Spirit, by belief, eagerly wait for the expectation of righteousness. For in Messiah יהושע neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but belief working through love.’
- Galatiyim (Galatians) 5:2-6
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/GAL.5.2-6
‘For in Messiah יהושע neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but a renewed creature.’
- Galatiyim (Galatians) 6:15
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/GAL.6.15
‘Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. The circumcision is naught, and the uncircumcision is naught, but the guarding of the commands of Elohim does matter !’
- Qorintiyim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 7:18-19
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/1CO.7.18-19
יהושע Messiah Was Circumcised
‘And when eight days were completed for Him to be circumcised, His Name was called יהושע, the Name given by the messenger before He was conceived in the womb.’
- Luqas (Luke) 2:21
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.2.21
Recall that יהושע Messiah’s Disciples Questioned the Teachings of Sha’ul as Being Against the Laws of יהוה, While the Appointed Emissaries Instructed Him to Prove that He Faithfully Kept Them by Way of Ritual Purification Through Taking the Nazarene Vow of Torah Observance at the Temple, Which Sha’ul Agreed to and Did
‘And when we had arrived in Yerushalayim, the brothers received us gladly. And on the following day Sha’ul went in with us to Ya‛aqoḇ, and all the elders came. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the nations through his service. And when they heard it, they praised the Master. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yehuḏim there are who have believed, and all are ardent for the Torah, “But they have been informed about you that you teach all the Yehuḏim who are among the nations to forsake Mosheh, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices. “What then is it? They shall certainly hear that you have come. “So do this, what we say to you: We have four men who have taken a vow. Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah. “But concerning the nations who believe, we have written and decided that they should keep themselves from what is offered to idols, and blood, and what is strangled, and whoring.” Then Sha’ul took the men on the next day, and having been cleansed with them, went into the Set-apart Place to announce the completion of the days of separation – until the offering should be presented for each one of them. And when the seven days were almost ended, the Yehuḏim from Asia, seeing him in the Set-apart Place, were stirring up all the crowd, and they laid hands on him, crying out, “Men of Yisra’ĕl, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people, and the Torah, and this place. And besides, he also brought Greeks into the Set-apart Place and has profaned this Set-apart Place.”’
- Ma`asei (Acts) 21:17-28
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.21.17-28
Recall that Torah Warned Against False Prophets Who Teach Against the Commands of יהוה, While Showing Signs and Wonders
‘“When there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he shall give you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder shall come true, of which he has spoken to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other mighty ones – which you have not known – and serve them,’ do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for יהוה your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being. “Walk after יהוה your Elohim and fear Him, and guard His commands and obey His voice, and serve Him and cling to Him. “And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and ransomed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.’
- Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 13:1-5
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/DEU.13.1-5