Galatians 2:4

and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

Darby Translation

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

3(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)

5to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:45And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;

Luke 5:38but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.

Acts 15:1And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 20:30and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this 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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