What were the false teachers pressuring Paul to do at the Jerusalem council?
At the Jerusalem council, false teachers pressured Paul to back away from all claims of his apostleship and to embrace Judaism and circumcision, along with a belief in Christ. They wanted him to add Jewish legal requirements to the gospel and compromise the revelation he received from Christ.
Les explains that the Jerusalem council of A.D. 51, parallel to Acts 15, is where they called Paul up. At this council, the false teachers were coming down on him to back away from all the claims of his apostleship and embrace Judaism and circumcision, along with a belief in Christ. Les emphasizes that Paul's gospel was not after man; he neither received it by man nor was taught it by other men, but received it by the revelation of Jesus Christ. So the pressure was to add legalistic requirements and compromise his apostolic authority.
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
More Questions
Did Paul give in to the Jerusalem leaders who pressured him?
Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit's inspiration, did not yield in subjection to the Jerusalem leaders even for an hour, though he was under pressure to do so.
Who were the Jerusalem leaders Paul refused to give place to by subjection in Galatians 2:5?
The 'whom' Paul refused to give place to by subjection were the men in Jerusalem — Peter, James and John and the rest of the apostles — and Paul wrote this by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.