Galatians 2
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Galatians 2:7-15

7But on the contrary, seeing that I had been 1entrusted with the 2gospel 3to the uncircumcised, just as 4Peter had been 5to the circumcised 8(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his 6apostleship 7to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles), 9and recognizing 8the grace that had been given to me, 910James and 11Cephas and John, who were 12reputed to be 13pillars, gave to me and 14Barnabas the 15right 16hand of fellowship, so that we might 17go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10They only asked us to remember the poor--18the very thing I also was eager to do.

11But when 19Cephas came to 20Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he 21stood condemned. 12For prior to the coming of certain men from 2223James, he used to 24eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, 25fearing 26the party of the circumcision. 13The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even 27Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14But when I saw that they 28were not 29straightforward about 30the truth of the gospel, I said to 31Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, 32live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?33

15“We are 34Jews by nature and not 35sinners from among the Gentiles;

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 2:7 1 Cor 9:17; 1 Thess 2:4; 1 Tim 1:11 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 2:7 Acts 9:15; Gal 1:16 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 2:7 Lit of the uncircumcision ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 2:7 Gal 1:18; 2:9, 11, 14 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 2:7 Lit of the circumcision ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 2:8 Acts 1:25 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 2:8 Lit of the circumcision ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 2:9 Rom 12:3 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 2:9 Or Jacob ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 2:9 Acts 12:17; Gal 2:12 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 2:9 Luke 22:8; Gal 1:18; 2:7, 11, 14 ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 2:9 2 Cor 11:5; 12:11; Gal 2:2, 6; 6:3 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 2:9 1 Tim 3:15; Rev 3:12 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 2:9 Acts 4:36; Gal 2:1, 13 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 2:9 2 Kin 10:15 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 2:9 Lit hands ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 2:9 Gal 1:16 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 2:10 Acts 24:17 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 2:11 Gal 1:18; 2:7, 9, 14 ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 2:11 Acts 11:19; 15:1 ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 2:11 Or was to be condemned; lit was one who was condemned, or, was self-condemned ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 2:12 Or Jacob ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 2:12 Acts 12:17; Gal 2:9 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 2:12 Acts 11:3 ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 2:12 Acts 11:2 ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 2:12 Or converts from the circumcised; lit those from the circumcision ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 2:13 Acts 4:36; Gal 2:1, 9 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 2:14 Heb 12:13 ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 2:14 Or progressing toward; lit walking straightly ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 2:14 Gal 1:6; 2:5; Col 1:5 ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 2:14 Gal 1:18; 2:7, 9, 11 ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 2:14 Acts 10:28; Gal 2:12 ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 2:14 Some close the direct quotation here, others extend it through v 21 ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 2:15 Phil 3:4f ↩
  35. 35. Galatians 2:15 1 Sam 15:18; Luke 24:7 ↩

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