<p>15:24 <em>Forasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from us have disturbed you with words, subverting you, to whom we gave no commandment</em>- The phrase &quot;who went out from us&quot; is exactly that used by John concerning the Judaists in his context, and he uses the term to imply that by going out from the body of Christ they had left Christ (1 Jn. 2:19); and the allusion is to Judas going out from the disciples into the darkness and off to the Jewish leaders to betray the Lord. They &quot;disturbed&quot; the believers, and Paul uses the same word about &quot;some that trouble you s.w. and would pervert the Gospel of Christ&quot; (Gal. 1:7; 5:10). This is all strong language. This is the severe danger of legalism. It seems that these brethren had falsely claimed the authority of the Jerusalem church, and their aim was to 'subvert you', to carry them away- back to the Jerusalem temple cult.</p>