Galatians 2.11-13

¹¹ When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. ¹² For before certain people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. ¹³ The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

In this passage, Peter is eating and hanging out with the Gentiles but separates himself from them when friends of James arrive. If you have to hide your actions from other people like Peter in this passage, you probably shouldn’t be doing them at all! If you read on in verse 13, Peter’s hypocrisy even causes Barnabas to sin as well. Leading a double life like Peter did might work at first, but it will always catch up to you and someone will eventually find out. If you know of someone who is doing something similar to Peter, perhaps hiding something from their parents or living differently on Friday night then they do on Sunday morning, I encourage you to confront them much like Paul did in our passage. If this person is you, pray that God will forgive you and make a conscious effort to change.