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Galatians 2:4

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:45I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

Acts 15:1Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”

Acts 20:30Men will arise from amongst your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the 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 11:17That which I speak, I don’t speak according to 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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