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Galatians 2:3

Titus

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

2 I 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.

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

4 This 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 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

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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
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
KJV
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
WEB
But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
ASV
But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
DARBY
(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)
BLB
But not even Titus, who [was] with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised,
ÅB
Men ikke engang Titus, som var med meg, han som var en greker, ble tvunget til å la seg omskjære -
OTB
Men ikke engang Titus, som var med meg og er en greker, ble tvunget til å bli omskåret.
B1930
Men ikke engang Titus, som var med mig, han som var en greker, blev tvunget til å la sig omskjære -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 16:3

    Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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  • Galatians 5:2–6

    Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:20–21

    To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:13

    I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

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  • Acts 15:24

    It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.

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