Galatians 2:4
But, because of those who pretended to be followers who had stolen in, the intruders who had crept in to spy on the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery –
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3Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
Cross References
Psalms 119:45So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into fresh skins.
Acts 15:1But certain persons came down from Judea, and began to teach the Lord’s followers that, unless they were circumcised, in accordance with the custom required by Moses, they could not be saved.
Acts 20:30and from among yourselves, too, people will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as 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 freedom.
2 Corinthians 11:17When I speak like this, I am not speaking as the Master would, but as a fool might, in boasting so confidently.
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 →