Galatians 2:2 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 2:2

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.

BSB

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ASV

And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 1.2.1-2 (420)

What he says [about meeting privately] could be understood as meaning that the grace of evangelical liberty and the obsolescence of the law that was now abolished was discussed in confidence with the apostles on account of the many Jewish believers who were not yet able to hear that Christ was the fulfillment and end of the law. And these men, when Paul was absent, had boasted in Jerusalem that he was running and had run in vain when he supposed that the old law was not to be followed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I went up - Not by any command from them, but by an express Revelation from God. And laid before them - The chief of the church in Jerusalem. The gospel which I preach among the gentiles - Acts xv, 4, touching justification by faith alone; not that they might confirm me therein, but that I might remove prejudice from them.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Peter was the apostle to them; and the ceremonial law, though dead with Christ, yet not being as yet buried, he connived at the respect kept up for it. But Paul was the apostle of the Gentiles; and, though he was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, yet he adhered to pure Christianity.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

His race was the swift-running proclamation of the Gospel to the Gentiles (compare "run," Margin, for "Word . . . have free course," 2Th 3:1). His running would have been in vain, had circumcision been necessary, since he did not require it of his converts.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀνέβην	anebēn	I went up	G305 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
ἀποκάλυψιν	apokalupsin	a revelation	G602 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνεθέμην	anethemēn	set before	G394 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
εὐαγγέλιον	euangelion	gospel	G2098 →
ὃ	ho	that	G3739 →
κηρύσσω	kērussō	I proclaim	G2784 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
ἔθνεσιν,	ethnesin	Gentiles —	G1484 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	apart	G2596 →
ἰδίαν	idian	privately	G2398 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τοῖς	tois	to those	G3588 →
δοκοῦσιν,	dokousin	esteemed —	G1380 →
μή	mē	lest	G3361 →
πως	pōs	perhaps	G4458 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
κενὸν	kenon	vain	G2756 →
τρέχω	trechō	I may be running	G5143 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ἔδραμον.	edramon	have run.	G5143 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
  The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 Peter 2:8
  and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- 1 Corinthians 2:2
  For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
- Galatians 5:11
  Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
- Isaiah 8:14–15
  And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
Through
Philippians 2:16
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 9:26
  Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Through
Galatians 2:6
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.
leads to
- Acts 10:34
  Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
Through
Galatians 2:9
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and…
leads to
- Romans 12:3
  For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure…

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Galatians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians