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Book Epistle to the Galatians
Category Pauline epistles
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Galatians 2 is the second chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle for the churches in Galatia, written between 49 and 58 AD. [1] This chapter contains the meeting account of Paul, Barnabas and Christians in Jerusalem, considered "one of the most momentous events in the earliest Christianity", [2] and the dispute between Paul and Peter. [3]

Contents

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Conference in Jerusalem (2:1–10)

Scholars generally connect the meeting described in this part with the accounts in Acts 11:29–30 and/or Acts 15:1–29, although the details are unclear. [2]

Verse 1

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. [4]

Verse 9

and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. [5]

Incident at Antioch (2:11–14)

The disagreement between Paul and Peter recorded in this part is a contrast to their amicable meeting in Jerusalem. [3] The absence of the outcome report indicates that this issue has influenced the tensions in the Galatians churches, which is addressed in this epistle. [3]

Verse 11

Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; [9]

This serves as a summary of the confrontation between Paul and Peter, which leads to the discussion of the main issue in 2:15–21. [3]

Works of Law or Faith? (2:15–21)

In this part, Paul details the theological reasons of his dispute with Peter. [10] In verse 17 Paul uses the word 'we'/'our' to show that both he and Peter actually agreed about the justification by faith only, and based on this mutual conviction Paul confronted Peter when Peter became inconsistent. [10]

Verse 16

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. [11]

Verse 20

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. [13]

In Paul's belief, a believer 'dies to the law' through the crucifixion and death of Christ, and has the new life that is "no longer self-centered, but Christ-centered", [10] the resurrection life where the risen Christ lives in. [14]

Verse 21

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Stanton 2007, pp. 1152–1153.
  2. 1 2 3 Stanton 2007, p. 1156.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Stanton 2007, p. 1157.
  4. ↑ Galatians 2:1 NKJV
  5. ↑ Galatians 2:9 NKJV
  6. 1 2 3 4 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, - Galatians 2:9
  7. ↑ Galatians 2:9 in Greek - Biblehub.com
  8. ↑ Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 2. c. 19. Cormel. Nepos, l. 2. c. 8. Gale's Court of the Gentiles, part 2. book 2, c. 6. sect. 9. & c. 9. sect. 3.
  9. ↑ Galatians 2:11 NKJV
  10. 1 2 3 Stanton 2007, p. 1158.
  11. ↑ Galatians 2:16 NKJV
  12. ↑ Note [i] on Galatians 2:16 in the NKJV
  13. ↑ Galatians 2:20 NKJV
  14. ↑ Bruce 1982, p. 144.
  15. ↑ Galatians 2:21 HCSB
  16. ↑ Bruce 1982, p. 146.

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