disengage from synagogues is lacking. Paul doesn’t require the weak to give up their scruples in order to worship with the strong. Similarly, in Rom. 9–11 Paul is more concerned about gentile pride and exclusion of the Jews (11:17–24) than he is about Jewish allegiance to the law, and it seems as if the latter would be his concern if the fundamental purpose were segregation from synagogues. Nor is the evidence sufficient to support Watson’s claim that Jews and gentiles worshiped separately.74 S.