Galatians 2:1
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
- KJV
- Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
- WEB
- Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
- ASV
- Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
- DARBY
- Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with [me];
- BLB
- Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken along Titus also.
- ÅB
- Fjorten år etter gikk jeg igjen opp til Jerusalem med Barnabas og tok også Titus med;
- OTB
- Etter fjorten år dro jeg opp igjen til Jerusalem med Barnabas, og tok også Titus med.
- B1930
- Fjorten år efter gikk jeg atter op til Jerusalem med Barnabas og tok også Titus med;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 2:3
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Read in contextActs 15:2–4
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Read in contextActs 14:12
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
Read in contextGalatians 2:13
And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Read in contextActs 13:50
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:6
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
Read in contextActs 4:36–37
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
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