Galatians 2:11-21
"paul opposes peter"
In this passage, paul highlights something peter is doing that is not in line with the gospel being preached. Peter eats with gentiles, but when james, or men from james came, he quickly disassociated himself from them. paul then takes hold of this hypocrisy and points it out along with the fact that others are following peter in this.
The way paul goes about this is as such: he openly declares what the problem is - remember, paul is speaking to everyone at the same time, peter is merely the instigator - and he then gives reasoning as to why this should not occur - primarily because salvation is no longer through the laws of the Jews. paul then goes to qualify this statement saying that even though we're free from the law, this doesn't give us license to sin.
this passage shows the danger of hypocrisy, particularly if one is in a position of leadership. we also, have an example of how to deal with hypocrites... now this might not necessarily be the best way - i'd advocate speaking with the person involved first, but hey...
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