Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James he ate together with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing men of circumcision.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to the face, because he was blameworthy.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:11And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me?
Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one servant girl came to him, saying, Thou also were with Jesus the Galilean.
Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and the scholars murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.
Acts 11:2And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the men of circumcision contended against him,
Galatians 2:9and James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, when they understood the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship. So that we were for the Gentiles, and they for me
Ephesians 2:19So then ye are no more alien and foreign, but fellow citizens of the sanctified, and belonging to the household of God.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 2:12-21
Peter Reproved by Paul. ( a. d. 56.) 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the… Read the whole commentary →