McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Galatians 2:4
and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage
and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage
AND THAT BECAUSE OF FALSE BRETHREN - Who these false brethren were is not certainly known, nor is it known whether he refers to those who were at Jerusalem or to those who were at Antioch. It is proba...
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...
A crucial negotiation on equal terms with the Jerusalem leaders, fourteen years later possibly reckoned from Paul's conversion; more naturally from his first interview with Peter. (The point is import...
Fourteen years afterwards I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me too. It was in consequence of a direct message from God that I went up; and I placed before them the gosp...
THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO BE OVERAWED (Galatians 2:1-10)...
BECAUSE OF. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Galatians 2:2. FALSE BRETHREN. Greek. _pseudadelphos_. See 2 Corinthians 11:26. UNAWARES, &c.. brought in stealthily. Greek. _pareiskatos_. Only here. CAME IN PRIVI...
The construction of this passage is irregular and uncertain, and the meaning of several words and phrases obscure. But the general argument would seem to be as follows: -I conferred indeed with the Ap...
_and that, because_ Better, BUT ONLY, BECAUSE. The pressure would not have been put upon us, had it not been for false brethren, &c. _false brethren_ Rather, -pretended". Venn. _unawares brought in_...
_The next visit to Jerusalem and its result; my independence was fully recognized_ (Galatians 2:1) When did I see the Apostles next? Not till fourteen years after my last visit. I then went up to Jeru...
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...
_A parenthesis, which however illustrates the main subject, referring to an incident which marked an important stage in the history of his stay at Jerusalem_. (Galatians 2:3) Strong representations we...
ΔΙᾺ ΔῈ κ.τ.λ. “But it was because of” R.V. marg. (_a_) This verse and the next most naturally are to be connected closely with Galatians 2:3, as explanatory of the reason why Titus was not circumcised...
ΔΈ (G1161) но. Строение и грамматическое согласование этого стиха не вполне понятны. По поводу разных возможностей _см._ Lightfoot; Burton; Mussner. ΠΑΡΕΊΣΑΚΤΟΣ (G3920) тайно введенный, прокравшийся,...
INTO BONDAGE:— What this _bondage_ was, see Acts 15:1; Acts 15:5; Acts 15:10....
TEXT 2:3-5 (3) But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: (4) and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who come in privily to spy out our li...
_ VERSES 4,5. 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: TO WHOM WE GAVE P...
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: AND THAT - i:e., My and thei...
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...
2:4 might (c-30) The expression shows that what would have resulted as a consequence, i.e. 'bring us into bondage,' was indeed the purpose or object of those false brethren. see ver. 19; Philippians 3...
LIBERTY] i.e. from the requirements of the Mosaic Law....
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...
Not everyone in Jerusalem was pleased with Paul. There were people who opposed him. Paul spoke very strongly when he spoke about them. He said that they were not Christians at all. They had the wrong...
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...
AND THAT BECAUSE OF... — The sense is here, in any case, broken and imperfect. It seems, on the whole, best to supply the missing clause thus: “But (or, _though_) on account of false brethren... [I wa...
II. (1-10) The argument proceeds, still taking the shape of vivid personal retrospect: — The next visit at which I had any communication with the elder Apostles was after an interval of fourteen years...
CHAPTER 7 PAUL AND THE FALSE BRETHREN. Galatians 2:1 "FOURTEEN years" had elapsed since Paul left Jerusalem for Tarsus, and commenced his Gentile mission. During this long period-a full half of his...
The narrative returns here, after the parenthetical reference to Titus, to the subject of Galatians 2:1-2, and the verb ἀνέβην, already repeated in Galatians 2:2, must here also be supplied to complet...
NARRATIVE OF THE AUTHOR'S VISIT WITH BARNABAS TO THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM, HIS FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS WITH PARTY LEADERS, AND THE BROTHERLY WELCOME AND RECOGNITION HE RECEIVED FROM JAMES PETER AND JOHN...
STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH Galatians 2:1 The great controversy in Paul's career was over the initial rite of Judaism. It would have been comparatively calm, if he had been willing to admit that Christianit...
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...
And that because of (b) 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: (b) Who by deceit and coun...
(1) В¶ 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 t...
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...
4._And that because of false brethren_. This may mean either that false brethren made it the subject of wicked accusation, and endeavored to compel him; or that Paul purposely did not circumcise him,...
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...
AND THAT BECAUSE OF FALSE BRETHREN,.... This is the reason why the elders did not insist upon the circumcision of Titus, why he did not submit to it, and why the apostle would not admit of it: had it...
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: Ver. 4. _Unawares brought in_]...
AND THAT BECAUSE OF FALSE BRETHREN; as much as to say, This exemption of Titus from circumcision was because of false brethren. It was a protest against their false teachings. UNAWARES BROUGHT IN; ar...
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;...
FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP. Paul refuses to yield to false brethren:...
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...
Titus, a Greek, Gentile. Judiazers tried to force him to be circumcised. (See Acts 15:1) The case of Timothy was different. (See Acts 16:1-3) There is a diference between a choice to avoid problems...
1-10 Observe the apostle's faithfulness in giving a full account of the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles, and was still resolved to preach, that of Christianity, free from all mixture of J...
He gives the reason why circumcision was not urged upon Titus, viz. because there were some got into that meeting, where Paul debated these things with the apostles that were at Jerusalem, who, though...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V of the law, which had been as yet agitated by those whom he therefore calls "false brethren unawares brought in."[84] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V Therefore h...
Galatians 2:4 And G1161 because G1223 brethren G5569 brought G3920 who G3748 stealth G3922 (G5627) out G2684 ...
THE IMPORTANT RECOGNITION THAT NO RITUAL REQUIREMENT CAN EVER BE SEEN AS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION (GALATIANS 2:3). What follows may sound to be rather technical but it is in fact of the greatest impor...
‘And that because of false brothers surreptitiously introduced, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they may bring us into bondage.' The pressure on...
_Excursus on the Relation of Paul to the Jewish Apostles._ Compare here my _History of the Apostolic Church_ (1853), pp. 245-260 and pp. 282 ff., 616 ff., and an able Excursus of Dr. Lightfoot on ‘St...
_Conference of Paul with the Jewish Apostles at Jerusalem_. Chapter Galatians 2:1-10. Continuation of the personal defence. Fourteen years after his conversion, Paul had an interview with the Apostles...
Galatians 2:4. AND THAT (happened, or, was done) ON ACCOUNT OF THE FALSE BRETHREN. The words ‘and that' (δέ _=nempe_) are explanatory, and assign the reason why Titus was not compelled by the chief Ap...
BUT BECAUSE OF THE FALSE BRETHREN PRIVATELY BROUGHT IN (δια δε τους παρεισακτους ψευδαδελφους). Late verbal adjective παρεισακτος from the double compound verb παρεισαγω, found in papyri in the sens...
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...
ALTHOUGH SOME MEN. The NIV adds "This matter arose" to show the source of the problem is the false brothers mentioned. These are certainly the ones mentioned in Acts 15:1. Paul's choice of words imply...
_And that because of false brethren._ FALSE BRETHREN I. The Church of God when at its best has wicked men and hypocrites in it. In Adam’s family there was Cain; in Christ’s family, Judas; in the ear...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 2:3 The Jerusalem apostles agreed that Titus, a Gentile, did not need to be circumcised. Thus, says Paul, they agreed no Gentile needed to be circumcised. But some FALSE BR...
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 2:1. THEN FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER.—From Paul’s conversion inclusive. I WENT AGAIN TO JERUSALEM.—The same visit referred to in Acts 15, when the council of the...
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 John 4:1; 1 Peter 2:16; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:17;...
The false brethren [τ ο υ ς ψ ε υ δ α δ ε λ φ ο υ ς]. Only here and 2 Corinthians 11:26. Christians in name only; Judaisers; anti - Paulinists. The article marks them as a well known class. Unawares b...
Because of false brethren — Who seem to have urged it. Introduced unawares — Into some of those private conferences at Jerusalem. Who had slipped in to spy out our liberty — From the ceremonial law. T...