It was a protest against corruption of the gospel of Christ. The essential truth of justification by faith rather than by the works of the law had been obscured by the Judaizers’ insistence that believers in Christ must keep the law if they expected to be perfect before God.
Ilikuwa maandamano dhidi ya kupotosha injili ya Kristo. Ukweli halisi wa kuhesabiwa haki kwa imani badala ya kwa matendo ya sheria ulikuwa umezuiwa na kusisitiza kwa Wayahudi kwamba waumini katika Kristo lazima waitii sheria ikiwa walitarajia kuwa kamilifu mbele za Mungu.