In Galatians 2:11–16, Pastor John Murphy explains that fear of people can lead us to compromise the gospel, just as Simon Peter did when he withdrew from eating with Gentile believers out of fear of criticism. Paul the Apostle publicly confronted him because Peter’s actions distorted the gospel and damaged the church’s unity and culture. The solution to living for approval is remembering justification—through Jesus, believers are already fully accepted and declared righteous by God, freeing us from the need to perform or pretend.