Galatians 2:11

Galatians 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
• New International Version (NIV)When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

Context of Galatians 2:11

9When James, Cephas, and John — those recognized as pillars — acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I had made every effort to do. But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned. 12For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party. 13Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

Galatians 2:11 word by word

Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• was comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• AntiochἈντιόχειαAntiocheia · AntiochG490
• I withstoodἀνθίστημιanthistēmi · to opposeG436
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• toκατάkata · according toG2596
• the faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• he wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• to be blamedκαταγινώσκωkataginōskō · to condemnG2607

Cross-references for Galatians 2:11

• Acts 15:30So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.
• Galatians 2:5But we did not give up and submit to these people for even a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:16From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective. Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective, yet now we no longer know him in this way.
• 2 Corinthians 11:5Now I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:11I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
• 1 Timothy 5:20Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.
• Exodus 32:21Then Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin?”
• Numbers 20:12But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me to demonstrate my holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I have given them.”
• Jeremiah 1:17“Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them or I will cause you to cower before them.
• Jonah 1:3Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence.
• Jonah 4:3And now, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
• Matthew 16:17Jesus responded, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
• Acts 15:37Barnabas wanted to take along John who was called Mark.
• Acts 23:1Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience to this day.”
• James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.

Commentaries on Galatians 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11When Peter was come to Antioch - There has been a controversy whether , Peter, here should not be read , Kephas; and whether this Kephas was not a different person from Peter the apostle. This controversy has lasted more than 1500 years, and is not yet settled. Instead of , Peter, ABCH, several others of good note, with the Syriac, Erpenian, Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, Vulgate, and several of the Greek fathers, read…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11But when Peter was come to Antioch - On the situation of Antioch, see the note at Acts 11:19. The design for which Paul introduces this statement here is evident. It is to show that he regarded himself as on a level with the chief apostles, and that he did not acknowledge his inferiority to any of them. Peter was the oldest, and probably the most honored of the apostles. Yet Paul says that he did not hesitate to resist him in a case where Peter was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 Notwithstanding Peter's character, yet, when Paul saw him acting so as to hurt the truth of the gospel and the peace of the church, he was not afraid to reprove him. When he saw that Peter and the others did not live up to that principle which the gospel taught, and which they professed, namely, That by the death of Christ the partition wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and the observance of the law of Moses was no longer in force…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11When Cephas came to Antioch: Paul confronting Peter in the city of Antioch is not in the book of Acts, but it likely happened after Paul and Barnabas came back from their first journey to tell people about Jesus (Acts 14:26–28). Paul probably wrote this letter soon after. (The apostle Paul often used the name Cephas when writing about Peter in his letters. Cephas is an Aramaic word that means "rock" or "stone." In Greek, this same name is Petros, which we…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Peter--"Cephas" in the oldest manuscripts Paul's withstanding Peter is the strongest proof that the former gives of the independence of his apostleship in relation to the other apostles, and upsets the Romish doctrine of Peter's supremacy. The apostles were not always inspired; but were so always in writing the Scriptures. If then the inspired men who wrote them were not invariably at other times infallible, much less were the uninspired men who kept…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 2:11

• Antioch
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• Opinion, Public

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Commentaries on Galatians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings