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 after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too. 2I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running – or had not run – in vain. Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek. 4Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves. 5But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

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 5:2Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!
• Acts 15:24Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
• Acts 16:3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.
• 1 Corinthians 9:20To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

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
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• Circumcision
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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