“ We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, ”
We who are Jews by nature - It has long been a question whether this and the following verses are to be regarded as a part of the address of Paul to Peter, or the words of Paul as a part of the E...
(3) We [who are] Jews (o) by nature, and not (p) sinners of the Gentiles, (3) The second part of this epistle, the state of which is this: we are justified by faith in Christ Jesus without the works...
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...
sinners . Greek. hamartools . Compare App-128 and Matthew 9:10 .
15. We who are Jews by nature. Some, I am aware, think that this is stated in the form of an objection, ( ἀνθυποφορὰ,) anticipating what might be urged on the other side, that the Jews posses...
DISCOURSE: 2056 PETER REPROVED BY PAUL Galatians 2:14-16 . 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...
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, We who are Jews by nature - We who belong to the Jewish nation - who have been born, bred, and educated Jews. And not sinners of the Gen...
We who are Jews, &c.— What the Jews thought of themselves, in contradistinction to the Gentiles, see Romans 2:17-23 . Dr. Heylin observes, that sinner here, and Galatians 2:17 and often el...
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, Connect these verses, and read, with most of the oldest manuscripts, "But," Galatians 2:16 : 'We (I and thou, Peter) by birth (not...
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...
Who are. — It will be seen that these words are in italics, and have to be supplied in the Greek. The Received text, which is followed in our version, also I omits a connecting particle, found in t...
Chapter 9 PAUL AND PETER AT ANTIOCH. Galatians 2:11-18 THE conference at Jerusalem issued in the formal recognition by the Primitive Church of Gentile Christianity, and of Paul's plenary Apost...
Living by Faith in Christ Galatians 2:11-21 Evidently Peter had gone back from the clear revelation of Acts 10:1-48 , and from his former practice as stated in Galatians 2:12 . The fear of th...
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 c...
(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)...
We who are Jews by nature ,.... I Paul, and you Peter and Barnabas, and the rest of the Jews at Antioch. Some are Jews by grace, in a spiritual sense, as all are that are Christ's, that are true bel...
We St. Paul, to spare St. Peter, drops the first person singular, and speaks in the plural number; Galatians 2:18 , he speaks in the first person singular again by a figure, and without a figure,...
THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE Not until fourteen years later was there any consultation between Paul and the apostles generally. On this occasion (of which Acts 15:1-41 gives the history) Paul went w...
Peter Reproved by Paul. A. D. 56. 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to...
Jews by nature; born Jews, not only proselyted to the Jewish religion, (and so under an obligation to the observation of the Jewish law), but of the seed of Abraham, and so under the covenant made...
Paul's Argument with Peter When Peter Was Inconsistent ( Galatians 2:11-16 ). The previous argument had a permanent importance for the church because it has laid down once for all what is basic to...
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 a...
We who are Paul here quotes from his words to Peter when he withstood him at Antioch to show the Galatians that, whatever the legalists may have pretended, Peter and he were in perfect accord...
Galatians 2:1-2 . 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 ch...
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 t...
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...
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...
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Acts 22:21 ; Ephesians 2:11 ; Ephesians 2:12 ; Ephesians 2:3 ; John 8:39-41 ; Mark 7:26-28 ; Matthew 3:7-9 ; Matthew 9:11 ; Romans 3:9 ; Romans 4:16 ; Titus 3:3
Law and Grace Galatians 2:15-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The drift toward Jewish rites and ceremonies. When the early Church came into existence at Pentecost, it was formed from the saved compose...
We — St. Paul, to spare St. Peter, drops the first person singular, and speaks in the plural number. Galatians 2:18 , he speaks in the first person singular again by a figure; and without a figure...