Galatians 5:11

Context
5:11 Now, brothers and sisters,¹ if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?² In that case the offense of the cross³ has been removed.⁴

Galatians 2:2

Context
2:2 I went there⁵ because of⁶ a revelation and presented⁷ to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so⁸ only in a private meeting with the influential people,⁹ to make sure that I was not running – or had not run¹⁰ – in vain.

[5:11] ¹tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

[5:11] ²sn That is, if Paul still teaches observance of the Mosaic law (preaches circumcision), why is he still being persecuted by his opponents, who insist that Gentile converts to Christianity must observe the Mosaic law?

[5:11] ³sn The offense of the cross refers to the offense to Jews caused by preaching Christ crucified.

[5:11] ⁴tn Or “nullified.”

[2:2] ⁵tn Grk “I went up”; one always spoke idiomatically of going “up” to Jerusalem.

[2:2] ⁶tn Or “in accordance with.” According to BDAG 512 s.v. κατά B.5.a.δ, “Oft. the norm is at the same time the reason, so that in accordance with and because of are merged…Instead of ‘in accordance w.’ κ. can mean simply because of, as a result of, on the basis of…κ. ἀποκάλυψιν Gal 2:2.”

[2:2] ⁷tn Or “set before them.”

[2:2] ⁸tn Grk “Gentiles, but only privately…to make sure.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with “But” and the words “I did so,” an implied repetition from the previous clause, were supplied to make a complete English sentence.

[2:2] ⁹tn L&N 87.42 has “important persons, influential persons, prominent persons” for οἱ δοκοῦντες and translates this phrase in Gal 2:2 as “in a private meeting with the prominent persons.” The “prominent people” referred to here are the leaders of the Jerusalem church.

[2:2] ¹⁰tn Here the first verb (τρέχω, trecw, “was not running”) is present subjunctive, while the second (ἔδραμον, edramon, “had not run”) is aorist indicative.