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214 LIFE OF PAUL . partwin them to the truth,he would remove a verygreatobstacleto the successof the gospel inotherplaces. But he was not authorizedof God to concede so much as they had asked. This concession was not in harmony with his teachings,norwiththefirmintegrityofhischaracter. His adviserswere notinfallible. Though some of thesemen wrote under the inspiration of the Spiritof God , yet when not under its directinfluencetheysometimeserred. Itwillbe remembered that on one occasion Paul withstood Petertothefacebecausehe was actinga double part . When we considerPaul'sgreatdesireto be in harmony with his brethren, his tenderness of spirittoward the weak infaith,hisreverencefor theapostleswho had been with Christ,and for James,thebrotherof theLord,and hispurpose to become allthingsto allmen asfar as he could do thisand notsacrificeprinciple,- when we considerallthis,itislesssurprisingthathe was constrainedto deviatefrom hisfirm,decidedcourseof action. But insteadofaccomplishingthedesired object,theseeffortsforconciliationonlyprecipitatedthecrisis,hastenedthepredictedsufferingsof Paul,separatedhim fromhisbrethreninhislabors, deprivedthechurchofone of itsstrongestpillars, and broughtsorrowtoChristianheartsinevery land . CHAPTER XX . PAUL A PRISONER . On thefollowingday Paul proceededto comply with thecounselof the elders. There were among thebelieversin Jerusalemat thattime