Galatians 2:4

And in regard to the false brethren, who had crept in to spy out the liberty we have in Jesus the Messiah, in order to bring me under subjection;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3Also Titus, who was with me, and was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised.

5not for the space of an hour, did we throw ourselves into subjection to them; so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38But they put new wine into new sacks, and both are preserved.

Acts 15:1And certain men came down from Judaea, and taught the brethren, that unless ye be circumcised, in accordance with the rite of the law, ye cannot have life.

Acts 20:30And also, from among yourselves, there will rise up men speaking perverse things, that they may turn away the disciples to go after them.

2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord himself is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I am now saying, I say not in our Lord, but as in folly, in this matter of glorying.

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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