I respond to some of your questions in the next post. http://oneinjesus.info/2008/06/06/what-does-gal-2….

James 5:19-20 is an interesting passage. The "truth" is the gospel, as is typically the case in the NT. Hence, James is speaking of those who leave the gospel. Of course, there are various ways to leave (I count 3). If you leave by being impenitent to the point of falling away, I think you'll never repent so as to return, as I explain in the next post.

But if you leave the gospel by getting caught up in legalism, Gal 2:11 seems to say, what my experience confirms, that you can repent and return.

Now, what I don't know is whether those who truly lose their faith can return, but in the absence of a scripture to the contrary, my thinking is that, yes, you can.

As always, it's never, ever a question of whether God will take you back. It's a question of whether, having drifted so far from God that you fall away, you will ever repent.

Based on this are you thinking that Peter was in the place between sin and repentance, and that zone /area /condition was in fact a place of being condemned?Was he then during that period in a "fallen away "state.If fallling away means not being brought to repentance , surely he has not fallen away? Because at some point he repented.Therefore if being "a fall away" is a state of eternal condemantion beyond repentance, how are we to understand this language in Galatians.
Perhaps a better term in relation to Peter being comdemned would be he "wandered from the truth" James 5:19-20?
Just some ideas , again as per Alan's comments i dont want to read into more to much.
But again which death would the sinner be saved from in this passage ?
Thanks

We don't move from being saved to being condemned every time we sin, remaining condemned until we repent. That's not how grace works. We are continually cleansed from sin (1 John 1:9ff). Peter needed to be confronted, because sin is deceitful, and hardens our hearts, which can cause us to eventually fall away (Heb 3:12-13)