Galatians 2:11

Galatians 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
• New International Version (NIV)When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

Context of Galatians 2:11

9In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews. 10Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do. But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong. 12When he first arrived, he ate with the Gentile believers, who were not circumcised. But afterward, when some friends of James came, Peter wouldn’t eat with the Gentiles anymore. He was afraid of criticism from these people who insisted on the necessity of circumcision. 13As a result, other Jewish believers followed Peter’s hypocrisy, and even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

Galatians 2:11 word by word

Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• was comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• AntiochἈντιόχειαAntiocheia · AntiochG490
• I withstoodἀνθίστημιanthistēmi · to opposeG436
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• toκατάkata · according toG2596
• the faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• he wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• to be blamedκαταγινώσκωkataginōskō · to condemnG2607

Cross-references for Galatians 2:11

• Acts 15:30The messengers went at once to Antioch, where they called a general meeting of the believers and delivered the letter.
• Galatians 2:5But we refused to give in to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:16So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!
• 2 Corinthians 11:5But I don’t consider myself inferior in any way to these “super apostles” who teach such things.
• 2 Corinthians 12:11You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.
• 1 Timothy 5:20Those who sin should be reprimanded in front of the whole church; this will serve as a strong warning to others.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.
• Exodus 32:21Finally, he turned to Aaron and demanded, “What did these people do to you to make you bring such terrible sin upon them?”
• Numbers 20:12But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!”
• Jeremiah 1:17“Get up and prepare for action. Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, or I will make you look foolish in front of them.
• Jonah 1:3But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.
• Jonah 4:3Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
• Matthew 16:17Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.
• Acts 15:37Barnabas agreed and wanted to take along John Mark.
• Acts 23:1Gazing intently at the high council, Paul began: “Brothers, I have always lived before God with a clear conscience!”
• James 3:2Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.

Commentaries on Galatians 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11When Peter was come to Antioch - There has been a controversy whether , Peter, here should not be read , Kephas; and whether this Kephas was not a different person from Peter the apostle. This controversy has lasted more than 1500 years, and is not yet settled. Instead of , Peter, ABCH, several others of good note, with the Syriac, Erpenian, Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, Vulgate, and several of the Greek fathers, read…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11But when Peter was come to Antioch - On the situation of Antioch, see the note at Acts 11:19. The design for which Paul introduces this statement here is evident. It is to show that he regarded himself as on a level with the chief apostles, and that he did not acknowledge his inferiority to any of them. Peter was the oldest, and probably the most honored of the apostles. Yet Paul says that he did not hesitate to resist him in a case where Peter was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 Notwithstanding Peter's character, yet, when Paul saw him acting so as to hurt the truth of the gospel and the peace of the church, he was not afraid to reprove him. When he saw that Peter and the others did not live up to that principle which the gospel taught, and which they professed, namely, That by the death of Christ the partition wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and the observance of the law of Moses was no longer in force…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11When Cephas came to Antioch: Paul confronting Peter in the city of Antioch is not in the book of Acts, but it likely happened after Paul and Barnabas came back from their first journey to tell people about Jesus (Acts 14:26–28). Paul probably wrote this letter soon after. (The apostle Paul often used the name Cephas when writing about Peter in his letters. Cephas is an Aramaic word that means "rock" or "stone." In Greek, this same name is Petros, which we…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Peter--"Cephas" in the oldest manuscripts Paul's withstanding Peter is the strongest proof that the former gives of the independence of his apostleship in relation to the other apostles, and upsets the Romish doctrine of Peter's supremacy. The apostles were not always inspired; but were so always in writing the Scriptures. If then the inspired men who wrote them were not invariably at other times infallible, much less were the uninspired men who kept…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 2:11

• Antioch
• Cowardice
• Hypocrisy
• Opinion, Public

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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