Acts 18:16

"but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”"

Key Reflection

This passage suggests that Paul was asserting the autonomy of the community in resolving internal disputes, particularly those involving legal or doctrinal minutiae specific to their own traditions, rather than seeking external intervention. It reflects a principle of self-governance and trust within the early Christian community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 16. And he drave them, etc. He refused to hear and decide the controversy. He commanded them to depart from the court. The word used here does not denote that there was any violence used by Galio, but merely that he dismissed them in an authoritative manner. __________________________________________________________________

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