Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Galatians 2:14
Peter was rebuked before all. Should this have been done in private?
Now, he was, by his actions, urging the Gentiles to conform to the law of the Jews.
Peter was rebuked before all. Should this have been done in private?
Now, he was, by his actions, urging the Gentiles to conform to the law of the Jews.
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Verse 14. _THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY_] ουκ ορθοποδουσι. They did not walk with a _straight step_-they did not maintain a firm footing. _ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL_] According to that...
BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY - To walk, in the Scriptures, is usually expressive of conduct or deportment; and the idea here is, that their conduct in this case was not honest. ACCORD...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. How Jerusalem had Confirmed the Gospel Paul Preached. (Galatians 2:1)_ 2. Peter's Failure; Paul's Rebuke and Testimony. (Galatians 2:11) Fourteen years passed by before he ever saw Je...
Excitement and consequent confusion rise higher still. In one sense, these verses record a climax; Paul is not merely Peter's equal he had exposed him once when Peter was plainly in the wrong. There i...
But when I saw that they were straying away from the right path which the gospel lays down, I said to Peter in front of them all, "If you who are a born Jew choose to live like a Gentile and not like...
THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO BE OVERAWED (Galatians 2:1-10)...
WALKED... UPRIGHTLY. Greek. _orthopodeu_. Only here. NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. ACCORDING TO. Gr, _pros_. App-104. IF. Greek. _ei_. App-118. BEING. Greek. _huparcho_. See Luke 9:48. LIVEST. Greek...
We learn from Acts 15:22, foll. that when the Council broke up, certain members of the Apostolic company were sent to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, to convey to the Churches of Syria and Cilicia the...
This was not a case for private remonstrance. The conduct of Peter and the rest was a practical denial of the truth of the Gospel, and, as such, could not but do widespread mischief. St Paul therefore...
ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΗΦΑ͂Ι. אABC vulg. (syrpesh as everywhere). τῷ Πέτρῳ Text. Rec. with DG syrHarcl. ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓Κ ἸΟΥΔΑΪΚΩ͂Σ. “οὐχ MSS.” W.H. margin. Perhaps here because of the aspirate near the beginning of the Semi...
11–14. _My independence of Cephas personally and of Barnabas_ (Galatians 2:11) Let me now show you both my independence in rebuking even Cephas and my insistence on the true character of the Gospel. C...
10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF 10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who revealed to me the Gospel_ (Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I care n...
ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΌΡΘΟΠΟΔΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΘΟΠΟΔΈΩ (G3716) идти верным путем, идти прямо. С последующим предлогом этот стих означает: "они не шли прямой дорог...
DISCOURSE: 2056 PETER REPROVED BY PAUL Galatians 2:14. When I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest a...
ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL,— That is, "That freedom from the law of Moses, which was a part of the true doctrine of the gospel." In this sense he uses the word _truth_ throughout the epistle...
b. Paul's Reproof Galatians 2:14-21 TEXT 2:14-16 (14) But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, if thou, being a Jew, li...
_ VERSE 14. BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL._ VERSE 14. I said unto Peter before them all, If thou being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles,...
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jew...
2 Paul's method in Jerusalem seems to have taken into account the low spiritual state and prejudices of the Jewish believers. It would have been practically impossible to impress the whole company wit...
2:14 Peter (f-22) See Note, ch. 1.18. not (h-8) The present tense here is characteristic; it is not the present of time; as Acts 25:11 , 'have done any wrong,' and John 8:14 , 'I come.' Perhaps we mig...
HIS AUTHORITY RECOGNISED BY THE APOSTLES AT JERUSALEM AND MAINTAINED IN HIS CONFLICT WITH ST. PETER 1-10. It was not until upon the occasion of a subsequent visit to Jerusalem fourteen years later th...
Paul was not afraid of anyone. He cared more about the true *good news. He wanted everyone to know the truth. This important matter was affecting many Christians. Even the Christians in Galatia heard...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL MET THE LEADERS IN JERUSALEM V1 Then I returned to Jerusalem 14 years later with Barnabas. Titus came with me too. V2 God showed m...
(11-14) The next phase in this question was at Antioch. On his coming thither Peter was guilty of a great inconsistency. He began by eating freely with the Gentile converts, but the arrival of a party...
WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY. — This is a single word in the Greek, and found here alone in the New Testament. It means, literally, “to walk on straight feet” — _i.e.,_ erect and straightforwardly, as opposed...
CHAPTER 9 PAUL AND PETER AT ANTIOCH. Galatians 2:11 THE conference at Jerusalem issued in the formal recognition by the Primitive Church of Gentile Christianity, and of Paul's plenary Apostleship. A...
πρὸς τ. ἀλήθειαν. Our versions render πρός, _according to_, like κατά : and so impugn these men for want of uprightness in their conduct rather than for inconsistency of doctrine. But the censure of t...
INTRIGUE AT ANTIOCH TO AFFIX THE STIGMA OF UNCLEANNESS ON UNCIRCUMCISED BRETHREN, COUNTENANCED BY PETER AND BARNABAS, BUT OPENLY REBUKED BY PAUL. The gathering of many Christians at Antioch after the...
LIVING BY FAITH IN CHRIST Galatians 2:11 Evidently Peter had gone back from the clear revelation of Acts 10:1, and from his former practice as stated in Galatians 2:12. The fear of the conservative p...
Having dealt with the divine origin of his teaching, the apostle now proceeded to show that his teaching was confirmed by the conference he had with the elders at Jerusalem fourteen years after his co...
But when I saw that they walked not (l) uprightly according to the (m) truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as d...
(6) But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: (7)...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
14._But when I saw that they walked not uprightly_. Some apply these words to the Gentiles, who, perplexed by Peter’s example, were beginning to give way; but it is more natural to understand them as...
He then speaks historically of his ministry, and of the question whether man had anything to do with it. His gospel was not according to man, for he had not received it from any man; he had not been t...
BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY,.... Or "did not foot it aright"; or "walked not with a right foot": they halted, as the Jews of old did, between two opinions, being partly for God, and...
_When I saw that_, in this matter, _they walked not uprightly_ Ουκ ορθοποδουσι, did not walk _with a straight step_, or in a plain and straight path; _according to the truth of the gospel_ That is, ac...
LIVEST AFTER THE MANNER OF GENTILES; without observing the Jewish ceremonies. This was what Peter had been in the habit of doing. COMPELLEST THOU; setting an example, which, if they follow it, will l...
PAUL'S REPROOF OF PETER, AND THE LESSONS DRAWN THERE FROM. Peter's strange behavior at Antioch:...
BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, I SAID UNTO PETER BEFORE THEM ALL, IF THOU, BEING A JEW, LIVEST AFTER THE MANNER OF GENTILES AND NOT AS DO THE JEWS,...
THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE Not until fourteen years later was there any consultation between Paul and the apostles generally. On this occasion (of which Acts 15:1 gives the history) Paul went with Barna...
11-14 Notwithstanding Peter's character, yet, when Paul saw him acting so as to hurt the truth of the gospel and the peace of the church, he was not afraid to reprove him. When he saw that Peter and...
OLBGrk; UPRIGHTLY, here, is opposed to halting. Peter halted between two opinions, (as Elijah sometime told the Israelites), when he was with the Gentiles alone, he did as they did, using the liberty...
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all [Antioch was the center and citadel of Gentile Christianity with all its privileg...
Galatians 2:14 But G235 when G3753 saw G1492 (G5627) that G3754 were G3716 not G3756 straightforward G3716 ...
‘But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly in accordance with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you being a Jew live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, how...
PAUL'S ARGUMENT WITH PETER WHEN PETER WAS INCONSISTENT (GALATIANS 2:11). The previous argument had a permanent importance for the church because it has laid down once for all what is basic to salvatio...
_Excursus on the Controversy of Peter and Paul._ The collision of the two Apostles was of course only temporary. Peter showed weakness, Paul rebuked him, Peter submitted, and both continued to labor,...
_The Collision of Paul with Peter at Antioch._ Paul continues to prove his independent Apostolic dignity, and shows that he asserted it even in open opposition to Peter at Antioch before the mother co...
Galatians 2:14. STRAIGHT, uprightly, honestly. ACCORDING TO (the rule of) THE TRUTH. Others, ‘towards,' _i.e._, so as to maintain the truth of the gospel (comp. Galatians 2:5). BEFORE ALL, _i.e.,_ th...
BUT WHEN I SAW (Αλλ' οτε ειδον). Paul did see and saw it in time to speak.THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY (οτ ορθοποδουσιν). Present active indicative retained in indirect discourse, "they are not...
Galatians 2:1. _Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation,-_ He was sent by the church at Antioch, but the church...
CONTENTS: Paul's journey to Jerusalem and His contest for the truth. Justification by faith in Christ without works. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Barnabas, Titus, Peter, James, Cephas, John. CONCLUSION:...
Galatians 2:1. _Then fourteen years after, I went up again to Jerusalem, and took Titus,_ his fellow-labourer. Luke adds, “and others also.” Acts 15:2. We may gather from this, that Luke was of the co...
WHEN I SAW. Paul could see clearly the consequences of this action. Peter was being a hypocrite when he taught that all are one in Christ, and then acted as though the uncircumcised Gentiles were _unc...
_But when I saw that they walked not uprightly._ MORAL SHUFFLING I. Its nature. 1. Literally--not to walk on straight feet, _i.e.,_ erect, or straightforwardly. 2. Morally. (1) Thinking rightly a...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 2:14 FORCE THE GENTILES TO LIVE LIKE JEWS. Peter was guilty of hypocrisy (v. Galatians 2:13). He had not been observing food laws previous
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 2:11 Paul was not a people-pleaser (Galatians 1:10). His confrontation with Peter proves this....
CHAPTER 2 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul declares that he had compared his Gospel with Peter, James, and John, and that it had been approved of them so completely that there was nothing to be added...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 2:11. WHEN PETER WAS COME TO ANTIOCH I WITHSTOOD HIM TO THE FACE.—The strongest proof of the independence of his apostleship in relation to the other apostl...
EXPOSITION In the preceding chapter, St. Paul has been concerned to make clear the position that neither the gospel which he preached nor the commission which he held was derived from the older apostl...
Then fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me also (Galatians 2:1). So Paul no doubt had been ministering in Syria and Cilicia, the area around Tarsus,...
1 Timothy 4:3; 1 Timothy 5:20; Acts 10:28; Acts 11:3; Galatians 2:11
See additional note at the end of this chapter. Walked not uprightly (ojrqopodousin). Lit. are not walking. N. T. o. o LXX o Class. Lit. to be straight - footed. Being a Jew [υ π α ρ χ ω ν]. The verb...
I said to Cephas before them all — See Paul single against Peter and all the Jews! If thou being a Jew, yet livest, in thy ordinary conversation, after the manner of the gentiles — Not observing the c...