Galatians 2:4

and that because of the false brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised;

5to whom not even for an hour did we yield by the [required] submission, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38].

Acts 15:1AND certain men, coming down from Judaea, taught the brethren: Except ye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye can not be saved.

Acts 20:30And from among yourselves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away 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 speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, 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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