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Galatians 2

Gal. 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
when
hote (Greek #3753)
at which (thing) too, i.e. when
KJV usage: after (that), as soon as, that, when, while.
Pronounce: hot'-eh
Origin: from 3739 and 5037
I saw
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
they walked
orthopodeo (Greek #3716)
to be straight-footed, i.e. (figuratively) to go directly forward
KJV usage: walk uprightly.
Pronounce: or-thop-od-eh'-o
Origin: from a compound of 3717 and 4228
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
uprightly
orthopodeo (Greek #3716)
to be straight-footed, i.e. (figuratively) to go directly forward
KJV usage: walk uprightly.
Pronounce: or-thop-od-eh'-o
Origin: from a compound of 3717 and 4228
according to
pros (Greek #4314)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
KJV usage: about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.
Pronounce: pros
Origin: a strengthened form of 4253
the truth
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
aletheia (Greek #225)
truth
KJV usage: true, X truly, truth, verity.
Pronounce: al-ay'-thi-a
Origin: from 227
r of the gospel
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
euaggelion (Greek #2098)
a good message, i.e. the gospel
KJV usage: gospel.
Pronounce: yoo-ang-ghel'-ee-on
Origin: from the same as 2097
, I said
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
unto Peter
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Petros (Greek #4074)
a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
KJV usage: Peter, rock. Compare 2786.
Pronounce: pet'-ros
Origin: apparently a primary word
s before
emprosthen (Greek #1715)
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
KJV usage: against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of.
Pronounce: em'-pros-then
Origin: from 1722 and 4314
them all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
, If
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
thou
su (Greek #4771)
thou
KJV usage: thou. See also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: the person pronoun of the second person singular
, being
huparcho (Greek #5225)
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
KJV usage: after, behave, live.
Pronounce: hoop-ar'-kho
Origin: from 5259 and 756
a Jew
Ioudaios (Greek #2453)
Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
KJV usage: Jew(-ess), of Judaea.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah'-yos
Origin: from 2448 (in the sense of 2455 as a country)
, livest
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
after the manner of Gentiles
ethnikos (Greek #1483)
as a Gentile
KJV usage: after the manner of Gentiles.
Pronounce: eth-nee-koce'
Origin: adverb from 1482
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
as do the Jews
Ioudaikos (Greek #2452)
Judaically or in a manner resembling a Judaean
KJV usage: as do the Jews.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah-ee-koce'
Origin: adverb from 2451
, why
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
compellest thou
anagkazo (Greek #315)
to necessitate
KJV usage: compel, constrain.
Pronounce: an-ang-kad'-zo
Origin: from 318
the Gentiles
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ethnos (Greek #1484)
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: eth'-nos
Origin: probably from 1486
to live as do the Jews
Ioudaizo (Greek #2450)
to become a Judaean, i.e. "Judaize"
KJV usage: live as the Jews.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah-id'-zo
Origin: from 2453
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Gal. 2:5• 5to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you. (Gal. 2:5)
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1 Tim. 5:20• 20Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear. (1 Tim. 5:20)

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Peter,
The Gospel,
Truth

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Ministry on This Verse

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walked.
Psa. 15:2• 2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart. (Psa. 15:2)
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Psa. 58:1• 1To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men? (Psa. 58:1)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
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Prov. 2:7• 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to them that walk in integrity; (Prov. 2:7)
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Prov. 10:9• 9He that walketh in integrity walketh securely; but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. (Prov. 10:9)
the truth.
Gal. 2:5• 5to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you. (Gal. 2:5)
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Rom. 14:14• 14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean. (Rom. 14:14)
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1 Tim. 4:3‑5• 3forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
 4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
 5for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing him. (1 Tim. 4:3‑5)
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Heb. 9:10• 10consisting only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until the time of setting things right. (Heb. 9:10)
I said.
Gal. 2:11• 11But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be condemned: (Gal. 2:11)
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Lev. 19:17• 17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt earnestly rebuke thy neighbour, lest thou bear sin on account of him. (Lev. 19:17)
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Psa. 141:5• 5Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities. (Psa. 141:5)
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Prov. 27:5‑6• 5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. (Prov. 27:5‑6)
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1 Tim. 5:20• 20Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear. (1 Tim. 5:20)
If thou.
Gal. 2:12‑13• 12for before that certain came from James, he ate with those of the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision;
 13and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation. (Gal. 2:12‑13)
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Acts 10:28• 28And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean. (Acts 10:28)
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Acts 11:3‑18• 3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
 4But Peter began and set forth the matter to them in order, saying,
 5I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
 6on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
 7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
 8And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
 9And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
 10And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
 11and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
 12And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
 13and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
 14who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
 15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.
 17If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?
 18And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life. (Acts 11:3‑18)
why.
Gal. 2:3• 3(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;) (Gal. 2:3)
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Gal. 6:12• 12As many as desire to have a fair appearance in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted because of the cross of Christ. (Gal. 6:12)
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Acts 15:10‑11,19‑21,24,28‑29• 10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
 11But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also.
 19Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;
 20but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
 21For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.
 24Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law; to whom we gave no commandment;
 28For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
 29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell. (Acts 15:10‑11,19‑21,24,28‑29)
• By his act he ignored the unity of the Spirit, denied the truth of the gospel, and brought in division amongst the saints. (“Galatians 2” by H. Smith)
• Not only had Peter dissembled by freely eating and mixing with the Gentiles one moment, and then seeking to conceal what he had done by withdrawing and separating from them, but he had imperiled the gospel, for the bearing of his act, as the apostle shows, was to destroy the truth of the gospel. (“Galatians 2” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But when I saw that they do noth walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peterf before all, If *thou*, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?

JND Translation Notes

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The present tense here is characteristic; it is not the present of time; as Acts 25.11, "have done any wrong," and John 8.14, "I come." Perhaps we might say "saw them not walking," but it is too free.
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See Note, ch. 1.18.

W. Kelly Translation

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But when I saw that they walk not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest nationally and not Jewishly, how forcest thou the nations to judaize?