Verse 1 Came down from Judea; to Antioch.--Except ye be, circumcised; referring to the Gentile converts. Their meaning was, that they must become Jews as well as Christians, and conform to the Mosaic institutions. They regarded Christianity as only the end and consummation of Judaism,--the exclusive inheritance of those who had been, or who were willing to become, a part of the great family of Abraham.