Galatians 2:5

But ¹  we did not surrender to them ²  even for a moment, ³  in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ⁴ 

biblegateway Gal 2:5

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

biblegateway Gal 2:5

But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

biblegateway Gal 2:5

But we refused to listen to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the Good News for you.

biblegateway Gal 2:5

We didn't give them the time of day. We were determined to preserve the truth of the Message for you.

SABDAweb Gal 2:5

To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.

bibleoremus Gal 2:5

we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.

biblegateway Gal 2:5

to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

biblegateway Gal 2:5

But ¹  we did not surrender to them ²  even for a moment, ³  in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “slaves, nor did we…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, οὐδέ (oude) was translated as “But…even” and a new sentence started in the translation at the beginning of v. 5.

² tn Or “we did not cave in to their demands.”

³ tn Grk “even for an hour” (an idiom for a very short period of time).

⁴ sn 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 departure from the truth contained in the gospel he preached. This was a very serious charge (see Gal 1:8).