Focused Passage

Galatians 2:11-14

Justified by Faith: Gospel Unity, Apostolic Confrontation, and Life in Christ

Paul shows that the Jerusalem leaders confirmed his Gentile gospel, narrates his confrontation with Peter over conduct out of step with that gospel, and declares that sinners are justified by faith in Christ, living now by union with the crucified and risen Son of God.

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11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

14When 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?”

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Verse 11

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WhenὍτεG3753AdverbCephasΚηφᾶςG2786Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularcameἦλθενG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositionAntiochἈντιόχειανG490Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularhoweverδὲG1161ConjunctionI opposed [him]ἀντέστηνG436Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingulartoκατὰG2596PrepositionhisαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularfaceπρόσωπονG4383Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularbecauseὅτιG3754Conjunctionhe stoodἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularcondemnedκατεγνωσμένοςG2607Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 12

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ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionbeforeπρὸG4253Prepositioncertain menτιναςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularcameἐλθεῖνG2064Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivefromἀπὸG575PrepositionJamesἸακώβουG2385Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularhe used to eatσυνήσθιενG4906Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularwithμετὰG3326PrepositiontheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Neuter PluralGentilesἐθνῶνG1484Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralButδὲG1161ConjunctionwhenὅτεG3753Adverbthey arrivedἦλθονG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Pluralhe began to draw backὑπέστελλενG5288Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionseparateἀφώριζενG873Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularhimselfἑαυτόνG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singularfor fear ofφοβούμενοςG5399Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularthoseτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralinἐκG1537Preposition[the] circumcision [ group ]περιτομῆςG4061Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 13

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionTheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralotherλοιποὶG3062Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralJewsἸουδαῖοιG2453Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralvvvκαὶG2532Conjunctionjoined him in his hypocrisyσυνυπεκρίθησανG4942Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural. . .αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singularso thatὥστεG5620ConjunctionbyτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingulartheirαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralhypocrisyὑποκρίσειG5272Noun - Dative Feminine SingularevenκαὶG2532ConjunctionBarnabasΒαρνάβαςG921Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwas led astrayσυναπήχθηG4879Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 14

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-Ἀλλ’G235ConjunctionWhenὅτεG3753AdverbI sawεἶδονG3708Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionvvvοὐκG3756Adverbthey were not walking in lineὀρθοποδοῦσινG3716Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralwithπρὸςG4314PrepositiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulartruthἀλήθειανG225Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingulargospelεὐαγγελίουG2098Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularI saidεἶπονG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine Singularto CephasΚηφᾷG2786Noun - Dative Masculine Singularin front ofἔμπροσθενG1715Preposition[them] allπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralIfΕἰG1487ConjunctionyouσὺG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singularwho areὑπάρχωνG5225Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singulara JewἸουδαῖοςG2453Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularliveζῇςG2198Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singularlike a GentileἐθνικῶςG1483AdverbandκαὶG2532ConjunctionnotοὐκG3756Adverblike a JewἸουδαϊκῶςG2452AdverbhowπῶςG4459Adverbcan you compelἀναγκάζειςG315Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person SingulartheτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralGentilesἔθνηG1484Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralto live like JewsἰουδαΐζεινG2450Verb - Present Infinitive Active

BSB notes

  • Some translators close this quotation after verse 16 or 21.

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