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Text -- Galatians 2:5-21 (NET)
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2:5 But we did not surrender to them even for a moment , in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you .
2:6 But 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.
2:7 On the contrary , when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised
2:8 (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles )
2:9 and when James , Cephas , and John , who had a reputation as pillars , recognized the grace that had been given to me , they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship , agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised .
2:10 They requested only that we remember the poor , the very thing I also was eager to do .
Paul Rebukes Peter
2:11 But when Cephas came to Antioch , I opposed him to his face , because he had clearly done wrong .
2:12 Until certain people came from James , he had been eating with the Gentiles . But when they arrived , he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision .
2:13 And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy , so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy .
2:14 But 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 ?”
Jews and Gentiles are Justified by Faith
2:15 We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners ,
2:16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ . And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus , so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law , because by the works of the law no one will be justified .
2:17 But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners , is Christ then one who encourages sin ? Absolutely not !
2:18 But if I build up again those things I once destroyed , I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law .
2:19 For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God .
2:20 I have been crucified with Christ , and it is no longer I who live , but Christ lives in me . So the life I now live in the body , I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God , who loved me and gave himself for me .
2:21 I do not set aside God’s grace , because if righteousness could come through the law , then Christ died for nothing !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Peter |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Galatians, Epistle to |
Justification |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 |
Antioch |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 1-7 |
APOSTLE |
Barnabas |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 1 |
Minister |
Law |
Church |
James |
Opinion, Public |
Hypocrisy |
Cowardice |
PAUL |
PETER, SIMON |
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NET Notes -> Gal 2:5; Gal 2:5; Gal 2:5; Gal 2:5; Gal 2:6; Gal 2:6; Gal 2:6; Gal 2:6; Gal 2:6; Gal 2:7; Gal 2:7; Gal 2:7; Gal 2:8; Gal 2:8; Gal 2:8; Gal 2:8; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:9; Gal 2:10; Gal 2:11; Gal 2:11; Gal 2:11; Gal 2:12; Gal 2:12; Gal 2:12; Gal 2:12; Gal 2:13; Gal 2:14; Gal 2:14; Gal 2:15; Gal 2:15; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:16; Gal 2:17; Gal 2:18; Gal 2:18; Gal 2:20; Gal 2:20; Gal 2:20; Gal 2:20; Gal 2:20; Gal 2:20; Gal 2:21; Gal 2:21; Gal 2:21
NET Notes: Gal 2:5 In order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. Paul evidently viewed the demands of the so-called “false brothers” as a depa...
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NET Notes: Gal 2:6 Or “added nothing to my authority.” Grk “added nothing to me,” with what was added (“message,” etc.) implied.
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NET Notes: Gal 2:10 Grk “only that we remember the poor”; the words “They requested” have been supplied from the context to make a complete Englis...
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NET Notes: Gal 2:12 Grk “the [ones] of the circumcision,” that is, the group of Jewish Christians who insisted on circumcision of Gentiles before they could b...
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NET Notes: Gal 2:13 The words “with them” are a reflection of the σύν- (sun-) prefix on the verb συναπήχ ...
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NET Notes: Gal 2:14 Here ἀναγκάζεις (anankazei") has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).
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NET Notes: Gal 2:17 Or “does Christ serve the interests of sin?”; or “is Christ an agent for sin?” See BDAG 230-31 s.v. διάκ...
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NET Notes: Gal 2:20 On the phrase because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, ExSyn 116, which notes that the grammar is not decisive, nevertheless suggests that ̶...
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