that it is only if the law is reestablished as a standard of right conduct (as Peter implicitly did at Antioch) that Jewish-Christians who no longer follow it could be truly considered sinners (v. 18). What Jewish-Christians need to do is imitate Paul, who, in order truly to live for God, has replaced his attachment to the law with an attachment to Christ (vv. 19–20). In verse 21, then, continuing his first-person narrative, Paul puts forth his own attitude and practice for his readers to emulate.