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While Jesus ' circumcision was recorded as having been performed in accordance with Torah requirements in, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15, the leaders of the Christian Church at the Council of Jerusalem rejected circumcision as a requirement for Gentile converts, possibly the first act of differentiation of Early Christianity from its Jewish roots, see also list of events in early Christianity.

Paul of Tarsus, who called himself Apostle to the Gentiles, attacked the practice, but not consistently, for example in one case he personally circumcised Timothy " because of the Jews " that were in town ( Timothy had a Jewish Christian mother but a Greek father ).

He also appeared to praise its value in, hence the topic of Paul of Tarsus and Judaism is still debated.

Paul argued that circumcision no longer meant the physical, but a spiritual practice ().

And in that sense, he wrote: " Is any man called being circumcised?

let him not become uncircumcised "— probably a reference to the practice of epispasm.

Paul was already circumcised (" on the eighth day ", ) when he was " called ".

He added: " Is any called in uncircumcision?

let him not be circumcised ", and went on to argue that circumcision did not matter: " Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.

Keeping God's commands is what counts ().