Galatians 2:5
3 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.
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
6 But 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 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the 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.
Compare
- BSB
- We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
- KJV
- To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
- WEB
- to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
- ASV
- to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
- DARBY
- to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.
- BLB
- to whom we did not yield in submission for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you⁺.
- ÅB
- For disse vek vi ikke et øyeblikk i ettergivenhet, for at evangeliets sannhet kunne stå fast iblant dere.
- OTB
- Vi ga ikke etter for dem et øyeblikk, slik at sannheten i evangeliet kunne forbli hos dere.
- B1930
- For disse vek vi ikke et øieblikk i eftergivenhet, forat evangeliets sannhet kunde stå fast iblandt eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Read in contextGalatians 2:14
When 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?”
Read in contextColossians 2:4–8
I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
Read in contextColossians 1:5
the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
Read in contextJude 1:3
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
Read in contextGalatians 3:1–2
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
Read in contextEphesians 1:13
And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
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