Galatians 2:11-20
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
In Antioch I Rebuked Peter When He Erred With Respect To Gentile Christians
11 And when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face— because he was condemned[a]. 12 For before certain ones came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles. But when they came, he was drawing-back and separating himself, fearing[b] the ones of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews also joined-in-hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas was carried-away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not walking-straight[c] with regard to the truth of the good-news, I said to Cephas in front of everyone— “If you being a Jew are living Gentile-ly[d] and not Jewish-ly[e], how is it you are compelling the Gentiles to Judaize[f]?”
Even We Jews Are Declared Righteous By Faith In Christ, Not By Works of The Law
15 We[g] are Jews by nature, and not sinners from the Gentiles. 16 But knowing that a person[h] is not declared-righteous by works of the Law except[i] through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be declared-righteous by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law, because by works of the Law no flesh will be declared-righteous.
And We Died To The Law As a Rule of Life, And Now Live By Faith In The Son of God
17 But if [j] while seeking to be declared-righteous in Christ, we also ourselves were found to be sinners[k], is then Christ a minister of sin[l]? May it never be! 18 For if I am building again these[m] things which I tore-down[n], I am demonstrating[o] myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the Law I died to the Law in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified-with Christ! 20 And I no longer am living, but Christ is living in me. And what I am now[p] living in the flesh[q], I am living by[r] faith in the Son of God— the One having loved me and handed Himself over for me.
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- Galatians 2:11 That is, in a state of condemnation, due to his actions.
- Galatians 2:12 The issue here is not Gentiles keeping the Law (as in Acts 15), but Jewish Christians (like Peter) keeping the Law.
- Galatians 2:14 Or, being-straightforward.
- Galatians 2:14 That is, in a partially Gentile manner.
- Galatians 2:14 That is, in a totally Jewish manner.
- Galatians 2:14 That is, live like Jews.
- Galatians 2:15 Verses 15-21 may still be part of Paul’s quotation of what he said that day; or it may be his present explanation of that event to the Galatians.
- Galatians 2:16 That is, a Jewish person.
- Galatians 2:16 Or, unless through, if not through. That is, if he does not come through. It is the faith, not the works, that bring the result.
- Galatians 2:17 That is, assuming that.
- Galatians 2:17 That is, equivalent to Gentiles in status before God.
- Galatians 2:17 That is, for leading us to live Gentile-ly with our Gentile fellow-Christians.
- Galatians 2:18 That is, these works of the Law as my rule of life and basis of relationship with others.
- Galatians 2:18 That is, to be declared-righteous by God, since His only required condition is faith.
- Galatians 2:18 Or, showing, exhibiting. That is, because I am erecting conditions in violation of God’s only condition, faith.
- Galatians 2:20 That is, as a Christian declared righteous by faith, with Christ living in me.
- Galatians 2:20 That is, in my continued existence on earth.
- Galatians 2:20 Or, in; that is, in the sphere of faith, not law.
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