Well to give a honest and brief answer, not saying I right but this is where I stand. Paul did have Timothy circumcised and also said Christ was of no value to the circumcised...
Acts 16:1-3, “1 Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.”
The answer to why would he have Timothy circumcised could be; “because of the Jews who were in the those parts,” however, it seems hypocritical especially given other texts like Galatians 5, where he is harshly admonishing the Galatians who were even thinking about getting circumcised;
Galatians 5:2, Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.”
and says this:
1 Corinthians 7:19, "For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of Yah?"
So Paul seems to speak against it while do it to Timothy, one thing to be considered is that he meant more than the physical ast of circumcision? IDK I would have to ask he what he meant due to the discreapency...
and YHWH always said the heart should be circumcised:
Deuteronomy 10:16, “And you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and harden your neck no more.”
Thus I personally don't get into too big a fuss about it, but I believe it is ok to do physically but that is like baptisim, it is an outward sign of an inward reality. The important thing is the inward reality... Not to make circumcision or baptisim trivial, but the spiritual significance that comes with those is pf the most importance I think.
Acts 16:1-3, “1 Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.”
The answer to why would he have Timothy circumcised could be; “because of the Jews who were in the those parts,” however, it seems hypocritical especially given other texts like Galatians 5, where he is harshly admonishing the Galatians who were even thinking about getting circumcised;
Galatians 5:2, Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.”
and says this:
1 Corinthians 7:19, "For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of Yah?"
So Paul seems to speak against it while do it to Timothy, one thing to be considered is that he meant more than the physical ast of circumcision? IDK I would have to ask he what he meant due to the discreapency...
and YHWH always said the heart should be circumcised:
Deuteronomy 10:16, “And you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and harden your neck no more.”
Thus I personally don't get into too big a fuss about it, but I believe it is ok to do physically but that is like baptisim, it is an outward sign of an inward reality. The important thing is the inward reality... Not to make circumcision or baptisim trivial, but the spiritual significance that comes with those is pf the most importance I think.
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