Galatians 2:10

Galatians 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
• New International Version (NIV)All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

Context of Galatians 2:10

8God gave Peter the authority to be his apostle to the Jews. God also gave me the authority to be his apostle to the Gentiles. 9James, Peter and John understood that God had given this special job to me. They are the leaders that the church in Jerusalem respects. And they were happy to accept Barnabas and me as their friends. They agreed that we should teach God's message to the Gentiles. They themselves would continue to teach the Jews. They only asked us to do this: We should remember to help the poor people among their group. That is something that I myself wanted very much to do. 11But later, when Peter came to Antioch, I spoke against him. I told him clearly that he had done something wrong. 12When he first arrived in Antioch, Peter had been eating meals with the Gentile believers there. Then James sent some Jewish believers from Jerusalem to Antioch. After those men had arrived, Peter started to keep himself separate from the Gentiles. He stopped eating meals with them. He was afraid of those Jews who wanted to circumcise the Gentile believers.

Galatians 2:10 word by word

μόνον τῶν πτωχῶν ἵνα μνημονεύωμεν· ὃ καὶ ἐσπούδασα αὐτὸ τοῦτο ποιῆσαι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Onlyμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• we should rememberμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
• the poorπτωχόςptōchos · poorG4434
• the sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Galatians 2:10

• Acts 11:29The believers in Antioch wanted to help the other believers who lived in Judea. Each of them decided how much of their own money they could give.
• Acts 24:17I had not been to Jerusalem for several years. Now I returned there with a gift of some money. I brought it to give to poor people who are Jews, like me. I also wanted to offer sacrifices to God.
• Romans 15:25But now, I am ready to go to Jerusalem to help God's people there.
• 1 Corinthians 16:1You asked me about the money that you want to give to God's people at Jerusalem. You should do it in the same way that I told the churches in Galatia.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1My Christian friends, let me tell you about the believers in the churches in Macedonia. God has been very kind to them.
• Hebrews 13:16Remember to be kind to other people. Share with them the things that you have. God is happy with sacrifices like that.
• James 2:15For example, maybe a believer does not have enough clothes to wear or enough food to eat.
• 1 John 3:17When another believer has trouble, we need to be kind to him. Maybe you have all the things that you need to live. If you see another believer who needs things like that, you should help him. If you refuse to be kind to him, it shows that you do not belong to God. You do not love people in the way that God loves them.

Commentaries on Galatians 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Only they would that we should remember the poor - They saw plainly that God had as expressly called Barnabas and me to go to the Gentiles as he had called them to preach to the Jews; and they did not attempt to give us any new injunctions, only wished us to remember the poor in Judea; but this was a thing to which we were previously disposed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Only they would that we should remember the poor - That is, as I suppose, the poor Christians in Judea. It can hardly be supposed that it would be necessary to make this an express stipulation in regard to the converts from among the Gentiles, and it would not have been very pertinent to the case before them to have done so. The object was, to bind together the Christians from among the pagan and from among the Jews, and to prevent alienation and unkind…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10When Paul talks about helping the poor, this matches the story in Acts 11:30; 12:25. The Christians in Judea experienced many years of severe poverty. Paul wanted the non-Jewish churches to help ease this hardship and create unity with the Jewish church (see Romans 15:25–27; 1 Corinthians 16:1–4; 2 Corinthians 8:1–9:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. remember the poor--of the Jewish Christians in Judea, then distressed. Paul and Barnabas had already done so (Ac 11:23-30). the same--the very thing. I ... was forward--or "zealous" (Ac 24:17; Ro 15:25; 1Co 16:1; 2Co 8:1-9:15). Paul was zealous for good works, while denying justification by them.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