Galatians 2:4

I acted thus indeed on account of false brethren, stealthily brought in, who stole in to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

In Context

3But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

5to whom we yielded in submission, not even for an hour, in order that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both will be preserved.

Acts 15:1And certain men came down from Judea, and taught the brethren, saying: Unless you be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you can not be saved.

Acts 20:30and men will arise from among yourselves, speaking perverse things, that they may draw off disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I say, I say not according to the Lord, but as in folly, in this same confidence of boasting.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 2:2-11

Paul's Journey to Jerusalem; Paul's Decision and Fidelity. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought… Read the whole commentary →

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