Galatians 2:5
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5 to them we did not submit even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel[a] might remain intact for you.(A)
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Galatians 1:18
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18 [a]Then after three years[b] I went up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas and remained with him for fifteen days.(A)
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- 1:18–24 Paul’s first journey to Jerusalem as a Christian, according to Galatians (cf. Acts 9:23–31 and the note on Acts 12:25). He is quite explicit about contacts there, testifying under oath (Gal 1:20). On returning to Syria (perhaps specifically Damascus, cf. Gal 1:17) and Cilicia (including his home town Tarsus, cf. Acts 9:30; 22:3), Paul most likely engaged in missionary work. He underscores the fact that Christians in Judea knew of him only by reputation.
- 1:18 After three years: two years and more, since Paul’s call. To confer with Cephas may mean simply “pay a visit” or more specifically “get information from” him about Jesus, over a two-week period. Cephas: Aramaic name of Simon (Peter); cf. Mt 16:16–18 and the notes there.
Galatians 2:9
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9 and when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Cephas and John,[a] who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.(A)
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Galatians 2:3
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3 Moreover, not even[a] Titus, who was with me, although he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised,(A)
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- 2:3 Not even a Gentile Christian like Titus was compelled to receive the rite of circumcision. The Greek text could be interpreted that he voluntarily accepted circumcision, but this is unlikely in the overall argument.
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