Galatians 2:4
This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
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3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
Cross References
Psalms 119:45And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
Luke 5:38Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
Acts 15:1Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth 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 freedom.
2 Corinthians 11:17In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
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 →