Galatians 2:3

Galatians 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
• New International Version (NIV)Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Context of Galatians 2:3

1Then 14 years later I went to Jerusalem again with Barnabas. I also took Titus along. 2I went in response to a revelation ⌞from God⌟. I showed them the way I spread the Good News among people who are not Jewish. I did this in a private meeting with those recognized as important people to see whether all my efforts had been wasted. Titus was with me, and although he is Greek, no one forced him to be circumcised. 4False Christians were brought in. They slipped in as spies to learn about the freedom Christ Jesus gives us. They hoped to find a way to control us. 5But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the Good News would always be yours.

Galatians 2:3 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ Τίτος ὁ σὺν ἐμοί, Ἕλλην ὤν, ἠναγκάσθη περιτμηθῆναι·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• TitusΤίτοςTitos · TitusG5103
• who wasὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• beingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a GreekἝλλην=ἝλληνHellēn · Greek, GentileG1672
• was compelledἀναγκάζωanagkazō · to compelG315
• to be circumcisedπεριτέμνωperitemnō · to circumciseG4059

Cross-references for Galatians 2:3

• Galatians 5:2I, Paul, can guarantee that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
• Acts 15:24We have heard that some individuals who came from us have confused you with statements that disturb you. We did not authorize these men ⌞to speak⌟.
• Acts 16:3Paul wanted Timothy to go with him. So he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in those places and because he knew that Timothy’s father was Greek.
• 1 Corinthians 9:20I became Jewish for Jewish people. I became subject to the laws in Moses’ Teachings for those who are subject to those laws. I did this to win them even though I’m not subject to Moses’ Teachings.

Commentaries on Galatians 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3But neither Titus, who was with me - The apostle proceeds to state that his account was so satisfactory to the apostles, that they not only did not require him to insist on the necessity of circumcision among the Gentiles, but did not even require him to have Titus, who was a Greek, circumcised; though that might have appeared expedient, especially at Jerusalem, to have prevented false brethren from making a handle of his uncircumcision, and turning it to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3But neither Titus, who was with me - Paul introduces this case of Titus undoubtedly to show that circumcision was not necessary for salvation. It was a case just in point. He had gone up to Jerusalem with the express reference to this question. Here was a man whom he had admitted to the Christian church without circumcising him. He claimed that he had a right to do so; and that circumcision was not necessary in order for salvation. If it were necessary…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The apostles in Jerusalem fully agreed with Paul's message. They all believed the same good news: God's grace comes through faith in Christ, not by following the law. The Jerusalem apostles clearly did not believe that circumcision was necessary for a non-Jew like Titus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. But--So far were they from regarding me as running in vain, that "not even Titus who was with me, who was a Greek (and therefore uncircumcised), was compelled to be circumcised." So the Greek should be translated. The "false brethren," Ga 2:4 ("certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed," Ac 15:5), demanded his circumcision. The apostles, however, constrained by the firmness of Paul and Barnabas (Ga 2:5), did not compel or insist on his being…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 2:3

• Barnabas
• Bigotry
• Circumcision
• Law
• Minister, Christian
• Titus

In the dictionaries

• Greek
• Titus
• Manius; Titus
• Titus; Titius Justus
• Greek, Grecian, Hellenist
• Add
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• Bondage
• Circumcision
• Conference

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