Galatians 2:5

Galatians 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
• New International Version (NIV)We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

Context of Galatians 2:5

3Yet 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. But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. 6But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) – those influential leaders added nothing to my message. 7On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised

Galatians 2:5 word by word

οἷς οὐδὲ πρὸς ὥραν εἴξαμεν τῇ ὑποταγῇ, ἵνα ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐαγγελίου διαμείνῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we gave placeεἴκωeikō · to yieldG1502
• by subjectionὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• by subjectionὑποταγήhupotagē · submissionG5292
• no, notοὐδέoude · norG3761
• forπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• an hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• of the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• might continueδιαμένωdiamenō · to remainG1265
• youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Galatians 2:5

• Galatians 3:1You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!
• Acts 15:2When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.
• Colossians 2:4I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
• Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
• Galatians 4:16So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
• Ephesians 1:13And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ – you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
• Colossians 1:5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

Commentaries on Galatians 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5To whom we gave place by subjection - So fully satisfied was he with his Divine call, and that he had in preaching among the Gentiles acted in strict conformity to it, that he did not submit in the least to the opinion of those Judaizing teachers; and therefore he continued to insist on the exemption of the Gentiles from the necessity of submitting to Jewish rites; that the truth of the Gospel - this grand doctrine, that the Gentiles are admitted by the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour - We did not submit to this at all. We did not yield even for the shortest time. We did not waver in our opposition to their demands, or in the slightest degree become subject to their wishes. We steadily opposed their claims, in order that the great principle might be forever settled, that the laws of Moses were not to be imposed as obligatory on the Gentile converts. This I take to be the clear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5We did not give in to them for a moment: Titus was not circumcised (2:3). Paul did not require circumcision for non-Jewish Christians. so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you: The false teaching would ruin the the gospel (the good news about Jesus) by adding extra requirements and questioning the effectiveness of the death of Jesus and the grace of God (compare 2:11–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Greek, "To whom not even for an hour did we yield by subjection." Alford renders the Greek article, "with THE subjection required of us." The sense rather is, We would willingly have yielded for love [Bengel] (if no principle was at issue), but not in the way of subjection, where "the truth of the Gospel" (Ga 2:14; Col 1:5) was at stake (namely, the fundamental truth of justification by faith only, without the works of the law, contrasted with another…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