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PAUL OPPOSES PETER
Key verse: 16
NIV
Paul Opposes Cephas
11 When Cephas(A) came to Antioch,(B) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James,(C) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(D) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.(E) 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas(F) was led astray.
14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(G) I said to Cephas(H) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(I) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(J)
15 “We who are Jews by birth(K) and not sinful Gentiles(L) 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(M) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(N) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(O)
Footnotes
- Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
Cross references
- Galatians 2:11 : ver 7, 9, 14
- Galatians 2:11 : S Ac 11:19
- Galatians 2:12 : S Ac 15:13
- Galatians 2:12 : Ac 11:3
- Galatians 2:12 : Ac 10:45; 11:2
- Galatians 2:13 : ver 1; S Ac 4:36
- Galatians 2:14 : ver 5
- Galatians 2:14 : ver 7, 9, 11
- Galatians 2:14 : Ac 10:28
- Galatians 2:14 : ver 12
- Galatians 2:15 : Php 3:4, 5
- Galatians 2:15 : 1Sa 15:18; Lk 24:7
- Galatians 2:16 : S Ro 3:28
- Galatians 2:16 : S Ro 9:30
- Galatians 2:16 : S Ro 3:28; S 4:25
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ESV
Paul Opposes Peter
11 But (A)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (B)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (C)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (D)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their (E)conduct was not in step with (F)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (G)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (H)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Justified by Faith
15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not (I)Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that (J)a person is not justified[b] by works of the law (K)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, (L)because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
- Galatians 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17
Cross references
- Galatians 2:11 : [Acts 15:1, 35]
- Galatians 2:11 : Job 21:31
- Galatians 2:12 : Acts 11:3; [ver. 14; Acts 10:28]; See Luke 15:2
- Galatians 2:12 : See Acts 11:2
- Galatians 2:14 : Heb. 12:13
- Galatians 2:14 : See ver. 5
- Galatians 2:14 : 1 Tim. 5:20
- Galatians 2:14 : See ver. 12
- Galatians 2:15 : ver. 17; [Eph. 2:3, 12]
- Galatians 2:16 : ch. 3:11; See Acts 13:39
- Galatians 2:16 : See Rom. 9:30
- Galatians 2:16 : Rom. 3:20; [Ps. 143:2]
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1. Paul rebukes Peter (11-14)
Peter was the spiritual leader of the church, but he was not infallible. He thoughtlessly allowed his Jewish cultural taboos to hurt some Gentile Christians. When he visited Antioch, he enjoyed eating with Gentile Christians until some strict Jews arrived. Then he didn't eat with the Gentiles again. Paul was angry for two reasons: The implication of Peter's action was that the Gentiles were not accepted fully as Christian brothers. More importantly, his actions called the absolute sufficiency of the gospel into question.
2. Justified by faith in Jesus (15-16)
This problem became an opportunity for all the apostles, including both Peter and Paul, to affirm the fact that we are justified by faith in Jesus Christ alone. We are not made righteous by zealously keeping the law, nor by practicing religious ritual.
Prayer: Lord, help me to challenge cultural patterns that run counter to the gospel.
One Word: Follow the gospel, not habit or culture