Paul Kept The Written Torah-Law

Surprisingly there is strong scriptural evidence to support the view that Paul supported the observance of written Torah-law.

In his defence to Felix at the end of his missionary journeys Paul categorically stated:

Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. NKJV

Romans 7:12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. NKJV

These supportive comments can only be supporting the written law as recorded by Moses in the first five books of the Bible.

Indeed commentators agree that in Acts 18:18 Paul kept a Nazirite vow (Numbers 6).

They also agree that Paul sponsored the Nazirite vows of four men and that when he did so Paul was ritually purified in the Temple all of which was in accordance with the written Torah-law.

Interestingly old testament Nazirite vows (Numbers 6) involve animal sacrifices, which Hebrews makes clear were still continuing (legitimately) after Christ's sacrifice.

Hebrews 8:1-5 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; NKJV

Paul's Attitude to the Oral Torah Was Very Different

As a Pharisee before his conversion, Paul's attitude to Oral Torah seems very different from his attitude afterwards.

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In Acts, a small predictable change to one "Old Testament" law about the circumcision of gentile proselytes caused massive turmoil in the predominantly Jewish first century church. Why then, isn't any comparable fuss recorded in the New Testament if most of the other Old Testament laws were "done away". Is the written Torah law really " done away" in Galatians?