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    Galatians 2

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    The men reputed to be pillars welcomed the Gentile mission with a right hand of fellowship; one of those pillars was later opposed to his face, publicly and without a crumb of diplomatic gravy.

    A right hand, and a requestvv. 1–10

    Fourteen years later, the speaker went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus, following a revelation. Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised, despite the arrival of false brothers intent on spying out the freedom found in Christ Jesus. The highly esteemed leaders, whatever their former standing, added nothing to the speaker; they recognized distinct work among the uncircumcised and the circumcised. James, Cephas, and John, reputed to be pillars, gave the speaker and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, asking only that the poor be remembered—a request already close to the speaker’s heart.

    The table changes, and so does the argumentvv. 11–21

    In Antioch, Cephas first ate with the Gentiles, then withdrew when certain men arrived from James, fearing those of the circumcision group. The retreat spread through the other Jews, and even Barnabas was led astray by the hypocrisy. The speaker opposed Cephas in front of everyone, asking how one who lived like a Gentile could compel Gentiles to live like Jews. The argument ends in a narrow and towering place: justification comes through faith in Christ, not works of the law; the speaker has died to the law, lives to God, and says that Christ lives in him. To set aside grace would make Christ’s death nothing at all.

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    1. Gal 2:1Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

    2. Gal 2:2I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

    3. Gal 2:3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

    4. Gal 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

    5. Gal 2:5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

    6. Gal 2:6But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.

    7. Gal 2:7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

    8. Gal 2:8For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

    9. Gal 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

    10. Gal 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

    11. Gal 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

    12. Gal 2:12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

    13. Gal 2:13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

    14. Gal 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

    15. Gal 2:15We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

    16. Gal 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

    17. Gal 2:17But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

    18. Gal 2:18If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

    19. Gal 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

    20. Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

    21. Gal 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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    • 20Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
    • 202 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
    • 20Romans 6:4–6We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
    • 20Colossians 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
    • 202 Corinthians 4:10–11We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
    • 20Romans 6:8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
    • 20Galatians 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
    • 201 Thessalonians 5:10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
    • 20Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
    • 201 Peter 4:1–2Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
    • 20John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
    • 201 John 5:10–13Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
    • 16Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
    • 21Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
    • 6Galatians 2:2I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
    • 2Galatians 2:6But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.

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