McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Galatians 2:8
(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles)
(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles)
Verse 8. _FOR HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY_] Ὁ ενεργησας Πετρῳ, ενηργησε και εμοι· _He who wrought powerfully with Peter, wrought_ _powerfully also with me_. He gave us both those talents which were...
FOR HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY IN PETER ... - Or by the means or agency of Peter. The argument here is, that the same effects had been produced under the ministry of Paul among the Gentiles which had...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. How Jerusalem had Confirmed the Gospel Paul Preached. (Galatians 2:1)_ 2. Peter's Failure; Paul's Rebuke and Testimony. (Galatians 2:11) Fourteen years passed by before he ever saw Je...
A crucial negotiation on equal terms with the Jerusalem leaders, fourteen years later possibly reckoned from Paul's conversion; more naturally from his first interview with Peter. (The point is import...
THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO BE OVERAWED (Galatians 2:1-10)...
Fourteen years afterwards I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me too. It was in consequence of a direct message from God that I went up; and I placed before them the gosp...
WROUGHT, &c. Greek. _energeo_. See Romans 7:5, and compare App-172. IN. by. No prep, Dat, case. WAS MIGHTY. Greek. _energeo_, as above. ME. me also. TOWARD. Greek. _eis_. App-104....
The construction is again broken and irregular. The punctuation of the Rev. Vers. makes the sense clear. "But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to m...
-So far from their communicating any further revelation to me, their conduct was the very opposite of this. They recognised the completeness of the Gospel which I preach, by consenting to the arrangem...
This verse is parenthetical. It expands and explains Galatians 2:7. _in Peter_ Rather, - _for_Peter" so - _for_me"....
Ὁ ΓᾺΡ. Justifying his assertion that he had received a commission as Peter had; God wrought for each. ἘΝΕΡΓΉΣΑΣ ΠΈΤΡΩΙ, “He that worked for Peter.” So Proverbs 31:12 (Proverbs 31:31), ἐνεργεῖ γὰρ τῳ�...
_Main subject resumed; his relations with the Leaders_, (Galatians 2:6) But (reverting to Galatians 2:2) from those reputed to be something (I learned no new truths)—whatever their former personal rel...
10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF 10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who revealed to me the Gospel_ (Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I care n...
_The next visit to Jerusalem and its result; my independence was fully recognized_ (Galatians 2:1) When did I see the Apostles next? Not till fourteen years after my last visit. I then went up to Jeru...
ΈΝΕΡΓΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΝΕΡΓΈΩ (G1754) работать, быть активным, действовать, достигать результатов (Burton; Mussner). Гл. с последующим _dat._ преимущества или instr. (GGBB, 163). ΕΙΣ (G1519)...
HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY— This may be understood to signify both the operation of the Spirit upon the mind of St. Peter and St. Paul, in sending them, the one to the Jews, the other to the Gentiles...
TEXT 2:6-10 (6) But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man's person)they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:...
_VERSE 8. FOR HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY IN PETER._ With these words Paul refutes another argument of the false apostles. "What reason have the false apostles to boast that the Gospel of Peter was mi...
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) (FOR - the historical fact confirms the statement (Galatians 2:7)....
2 Paul's method in Jerusalem seems to have taken into account the low spiritual state and prejudices of the Jewish believers. It would have been practically impossible to impress the whole company wit...
HIS AUTHORITY RECOGNISED BY THE APOSTLES AT JERUSALEM AND MAINTAINED IN HIS CONFLICT WITH ST. PETER 1-10. It was not until upon the occasion of a subsequent visit to Jerusalem fourteen years later th...
God gave to me success in my work, as He had given to Peter success in his....
God sent both Peter and Paul to declare the *good news about Jesus Christ. Paul wanted to emphasise that God sent them. Men did not send them. They did not decide themselves to go. They were both *apo...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL MET THE LEADERS IN JERUSALEM V1 Then I returned to Jerusalem 14 years later with Barnabas. Titus came with me too. V2 God showed m...
II. (1-10) The argument proceeds, still taking the shape of vivid personal retrospect: — The next visit at which I had any communication with the elder Apostles was after an interval of fourteen years...
HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY IN PETER... THE SAME WAS MIGHTY IN ME. — This is an instance of that capriciousness in our translators which was due to their free poetic handling and superabundant command...
(7-9) So far from contributing anything _new_ to my stock of doctrine, they were content to confirm and ratify what I taught already....
CHAPTER 8 PAUL AND THE THREE PILLARS. Galatians 2:6 WE have dealt by anticipation, in chap. 6, with several of the topics raised in this section of the Epistle-touching particularly the import of th...
ἐνεργήσας. When this verb is applied to the work of the Spirit in the hearts of men, the preposition ἐν is added to it. The absence of ἐν before Πέτρῳ and ἐμοί indicates that this verse is not describ...
NARRATIVE OF THE AUTHOR'S VISIT WITH BARNABAS TO THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM, HIS FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS WITH PARTY LEADERS, AND THE BROTHERLY WELCOME AND RECOGNITION HE RECEIVED FROM JAMES PETER AND JOHN...
STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH Galatians 2:1 The great controversy in Paul's career was over the initial rite of Judaism. It would have been comparatively calm, if he had been willing to admit that Christianit...
Having dealt with the divine origin of his teaching, the apostle now proceeded to show that his teaching was confirmed by the conference he had with the elders at Jerusalem fourteen years after his co...
(6) But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: (7)...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
8._He that wrought effectually_. That the province which had been assigned to him was truly his own, is proved by the exertion of divine power during his ministry. Now, this manifestation of divine en...
He then speaks historically of his ministry, and of the question whether man had anything to do with it. His gospel was not according to man, for he had not received it from any man; he had not been t...
FOR HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY IN PETER,.... The Syriac version renders it, "he who exhorted Peter to"; the Arabic version is, "he who strengthened Peter in"; the Spirit of God is meant, who filled P...
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) Ver. 8. _For he that wrought, &c._] He argues from the success of his...
_But of those who seemed to be somewhat_ Who were most esteemed among the apostles; _whatsoever they were_ How eminent soever; _it maketh no matter_ No difference; _to me_ So that I should alter eithe...
(FOR HE THAT WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY IN PETER TO THE APOSTLESHIP OF THE CIRCUMCISION, THE SAME WAS MIGHTY IN ME TOWARD THE GENTILES;)...
The result of the visit to Jerusalem:...
THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE Not until fourteen years later was there any consultation between Paul and the apostles generally. On this occasion (of which Acts 15:1 gives the history) Paul went with Barna...
They saw that I was to preach to the Gentiles and they were to continue with the Jews. The same God who gave Peter power to work with the Jews, gave Paul the power to work among the Gentiles....
1-10 Observe the apostle's faithfulness in giving a full account of the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles, and was still resolved to preach, that of Christianity, free from all mixture of J...
As Paul's call was equal to that of Peter both of them being Divine, so, saith the apostle, my ability and success was equal; as God WROUGHT EFFECTUALLY IN and by PETER in the discharge of his apostle...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III With regard to those (the Marcionites) who allege that Paul alone knew the truth, and that to him the mystery was manifested by revelation, let Paul himself convict...
Galatians 2:8 for G1063 effectively G1754 (G5660) Peter G4074 for G1519 apostleship G651 circumcised G4061 also G2532
‘But from those who were reputed somewhat, (whatever they were it does not matter to me, God does not accept a man's person); they, I say, who were of repute, imparted nothing to me, but on the contra...
THE IMPORTANT RECOGNITION THAT NO RITUAL REQUIREMENT CAN EVER BE SEEN AS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION (GALATIANS 2:3). What follows may sound to be rather technical but it is in fact of the greatest impor...
_Conference of Paul with the Jewish Apostles at Jerusalem_. Chapter Galatians 2:1-10. Continuation of the personal defence. Fourteen years after his conversion, Paul had an interview with the Apostles...
_Excursus on the Relation of Paul to the Jewish Apostles._ Compare here my _History of the Apostolic Church_ (1853), pp. 245-260 and pp. 282 ff., 616 ff., and an able Excursus of Dr. Lightfoot on ‘St...
Galatians 2:8 is a parenthetic explanation of Galatians 2:7. GAVE STRENGTH TO (or WORKED FOR), _i.e.,_ enabled them successfully to discharge the duties of the Apostolic office, by conferring upon th...
HE THAT WROUGHT FOR PETER UNTO THE APOSTLESHIP OF THE CIRCUMCISION (ο γαρ ενεργησας Πετρω εις αποστολην της περιτομης). Paul here definitely recognizes Peter's leadership (apostleship, αποστολην, la...
Galatians 2:6 Many, but One. It would seem as if in the slow progress of some men's minds the last discovery that they make is that truth is many-sided; they have gone on year after year mistaking a...
Galatians 2:1. _Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation,-_ He was sent by the church at Antioch, but the church...
CONTENTS: Paul's journey to Jerusalem and His contest for the truth. Justification by faith in Christ without works. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Barnabas, Titus, Peter, James, Cephas, John. CONCLUSION:...
Galatians 2:1. _Then fourteen years after, I went up again to Jerusalem, and took Titus,_ his fellow-labourer. Luke adds, “and others also.” Acts 15:2. We may gather from this, that Luke was of the co...
FOR BY GOD'S POWER. "The same God made both Peter and myself apostles!!!...
_To the apostleship of the circumcision._ THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE Barnabas must have been struck with the coincidence between his own conduct towards the newly-enfranchised converts at Antioch...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 2:7 As an apostle, Paul was not inferior to Peter: Paul was assigned to evangelize THE UNCIRCUMCISED (Gentiles), while Peter was sent to THE CIRCUMCISED (Jews). Therefore t...
CHAPTER 2 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul declares that he had compared his Gospel with Peter, James, and John, and that it had been approved of them so completely that there was nothing to be added...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 2:1. THEN FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER.—From Paul’s conversion inclusive. I WENT AGAIN TO JERUSALEM.—The same visit referred to in Acts 15, when the council of the...
EXPOSITION In the preceding chapter, St. Paul has been concerned to make clear the position that neither the gospel which he preached nor the commission which he held was derived from the older apostl...
Then fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me also (Galatians 2:1). So Paul no doubt had been ministering in Syria and Cilicia, the area around Tarsus,...
1 Corinthians 1:5; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Corinthians 11:4;...
He that wrought effectually [ο ε ν ε ρ γ η σ α ς]. See on 1 Thessalonians 2:13. Rev. omits effectually, but it is fairly implied in the verb. 48 Comp. 1 Corinthians 12:6; Philippians 2:13;...
For he that wrought effectually in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision — To qualify him for, and support him in, the discharge of that office to the Jews. Wrought likewise effectually in and...