Galatians 2:4

and [that] because of the false brothers brought in unaware, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us under bondage,

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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 [is] with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised—

5to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:45And I habitually walk in a broad place, || For I have sought Your precepts.

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

Acts 15:1And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “If you are not circumcised after the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved”;

Acts 20:30and there will arise men of your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 3:17And the LORD is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the LORD [is], there [is] liberty;

2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I do not speak according to the LORD, but as in foolishness, in this the 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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