gospel of grace but were pretending to accept Jewish legalism. straightforward (v. 14)—literally, to walk “straight” or “uprightly.” By withdrawing from the Gentile Christians, Peter and the other Jewish believers were not walking in line with God’s Word. live in the manner of Gentiles (v. 14)—Before his gradual withdrawal, Peter regularly had fellowship and ate with the Gentiles, thus modeling the ideal of Christian love and liberty between Jew and Gentile. compel Gentiles to live as Jews (v. 14)