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Galatians 2:11
11But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned:
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
9and recognising the grace given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were conspicuous as being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas [the] right hands of fellowship, that we [should go] to the nations, and they to the circumcision; 10only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do. But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned: 12for before that certain came from James, he ate with [those of] the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of [the] circumcision; 13and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation.
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Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Galatians 2:11
- Acts 15:30They therefore, being let go, came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude delivered to [them] the epistle.
- Galatians 2:5to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16So that we henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know [him thus] no longer.
- 2 Corinthians 11:5For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool; ye have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.
- 1 Timothy 5:20Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear.
- Jude 1:3Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
- Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them?
- Numbers 20:12And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
- Jeremiah 1:17Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I shall command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I cause thee to be dismayed before them.
- Jonah 1:3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish, from the presence of Jehovah.
- Jonah 4:3And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Matthew 16:17And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
- Acts 15:37And Barnabas proposed to take with [them] John also, called Mark;
- Acts 23:1And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
- James 3:2For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, he [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.
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
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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
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