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Galatians 2:4

Yet there were false brethren who had crept in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us again.

Montgomery 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

3But although Titus, my companion, was a Greek, they did not compel even him to be circumcised.

5To them we did not yield submission even for an hour, in order that the truth of the gospel might abide unshaken among you.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38"But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins

Acts 15:1But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses’ custom, you cannot be saved."

Acts 20:30and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 3:17(The Lord means the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord abides there is freedom.)

2 Corinthians 11:17What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord’s command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness 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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