Galatians 2:2
It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the apostles the good news that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of because I was afraid that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.
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1Fourteen years afterward I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.
3Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
Cross References
Acts 5:34But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the Law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.
Acts 15:12Every voice in the assembly was hushed, as they listened to Barnabas and Paul, while they gave an account of all the signs and wonders which God had shown among the Gentiles through them.
Acts 18:9One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision, “Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;
1 Corinthians 1:23we are proclaiming Christ crucified! – to the Jews an obstacle, to the Gentiles mere folly,
1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you know that on a racecourse, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
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 →