Galatians 2:4
But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised.
Cross References
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Acts 15:1And some coming down from Judea, taught the brethren: That except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Acts 20:30And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
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 →