may not unnaturally have held that those Gentiles who accepted the Jewish Messiah were also bound to accept the Jewish Law. τινές] Paul describes these men as παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οἵτινες παρεισῆλθον κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν. Gal. 2:4. ἐδίδασκον] Note the imperfect, and also that the word implies a definite purpose. ὅτι] Introducing their very words, cf. 14:22. τῷ ἔθει] Cf. τὰ ἔθη 6:14; same as τὸν νόμον ver. 5. Dat. of the rule by which. 2. στάσεως] A strong