Galatians 2:4

but this I did because of false brethren artfully introduced, who came to pry into our liberty which we hold in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

3And even Titus, who was with me, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised:

5to whom not even for an hour have we yielded subjection, that the truth of the gospel might abide with you.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38But new wine should be put into new bottles; then both are preserved.

Acts 15:1AND certain persons coming down from Judea taught the brethren, That if ye are not circumcised according to the ordinances of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 20:30Yea, from among yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverting doctrines, to draw away disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly 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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