Pillars; men of eminence among the apostles, and chief instruments in supporting the cause of Christ.
The grace; the favor bestowed on Paul in preparing him for the work to which he was called.
The right hands of fellowship; by this they acknowledged them as ministers of Christ.
GALATIANS 2:9 VIa,kwboj kai. Khfa/j kai. VIwa,nnhj Several witnesses, chiefly Western, replace the Aramaic name Khfa/j with the more familiar Greek name Pe,troj (î46 D F G itd, g, r goth Marcion Orig...
Verse 9. _JAMES, CEPHAS, AND JOHN, WHO SEEMED TO BE PILLARS_] Οἱ δοκουντες στυλοι ειναι· _Who were known to be very eminent_, and _acknowledged as chief men_ among the apostles. Luke 8:18, for the me...
AND WHEN JAMES, CEPHAS, AND JOHN, WHO SEEMED TO BE PILLARS - That is, pillars or supports in the church. The word rendered “pillars” (στύλοι stuloi) means properly firm support; then persons of influ...
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...
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...
THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO BE OVERAWED (Galatians 2:1-10)...
JAMES. See Galatians 1:19. CEPHAS. Compare Galatians 1:18. JOHN. The only mention of him in Paul's epistles, SEEMED. Compare verses: Galatians 2:2;...
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...
In the Greek the order is, -And when they perceived the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John &c." James (see note Galatians 1:19) is named first, because the reference is to a sp...
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...
_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...
ἸΆΚΩΒΟΣ ΚΑῚ ΚΗΦΑ͂Σ אBCKLP vulg. syrr. Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος DG old lat. Ἰάκωβος (without κ. Κηφᾶς) A. 9. ΚΑῚ ΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ. ἰδ. the immediate impression; γν. the knowledge of reflection (Meyer). ΤῊΝ ΧΆΡΙΝ ΤῊΝ...
ΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, признавать, ΔΟΘΕΪ́ΣΑΝ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΔΟΚΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ, _см._ Galatians 2:2. ΣΤΎΛΟΣ (G4769)...
AND WHEN JAMES, CEPHAS, AND JOHN, &C.— _And, being sensible of the grace wherewith I am endowed, James, Cephas, and John, who were esteemed main supports of the church in Judea, embraced me and Barnab...
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 9. AND WHEN JAMES, CEPHAS AND JOHN, WHO SEEMED TO BE PILLARS, PERCEIVED THE GRACE THAT WAS GIVEN UNTO ME, THEY GAVE TO ME AND BARNABAS THE RIGHT HANDS OF FELLOWSHIP; THAT WE SHOULD GO UNTO THE...
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen,...
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...
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...
This was the first time that Paul named the leaders. James was Jesus’ brother (1:19). When Jesus returned to heaven, the *disciples *preached to the *Jews. At first, only *Jews became Christians. But...
JAMES, CEPHAS, AND JOHN. — In some few MSS. and patristic quotations the reading is _Peter and James and John._ This doubtless arose from the tendency to exalt St. Peter, though the reading (which is...
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...
(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...
The name of James is placed before those of the Apostles Peter and John. This was probably because as permanent head of the local Church he presided at meetings (_cf._ Acts 21:18). The well-known stri...
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...
And when James, Cephas, and John, who (g) seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right (h) hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the...
James, and Cephas, and John. No proof of any greater authority can be drawn from the placing or numbering of James first, which perhaps St. Paul might do, because of the great respect he knew the Jewi...
(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...
9._And when they perceived the grace. _They who treated with contempt the grace of God, by which the most eminent apostles had been led to admire and reverence Paul, are charged with hateful and proud...
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...
AND WHEN JAMES, CEPHAS, AND JOHN,.... These are the persons all along designed, though not till now named. James was the brother of our Lord, the son of Alphaeus, who wrote the epistle that goes by hi...
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we _should go_ unto the heathen...
_And when James_ Probably named first because he. was bishop of the church in Jerusalem; and _Cephas_ Speaking of him at Jerusalem, he calls him by his Hebrew name; _and John_ Hence it appears that he...
AND WHEN JAMES, CEPHAS, AND JOHN, WHO SEEMED TO BE PILLARS, PERCEIVED THE GRACE THAT WAS GIVEN UNTO ME, THEY GAVE TO ME AND BARNABAS THE RIGHT HANDS OF FELLOWSHIP, THAT WE SHOULD GO UNTO THE HEATHEN A...
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...
Full, complete fellowship. While the work was different, they would encourage and support each other....
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...
James, (called, the less), the son of Alpheus, before called THE LORD'S BROTHER, as is thought, because he was the son of the virgin Mary's sister; whose naming here in the first place spoileth the pa...
and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI ), which is the perfection of faith, goes beyond catechetical instruction, in accordance with the magnitude of the Lord's teaching and the rule of the Church.[3...
Galatians 2:9 and G2532 James G2385 G2532 Cephas G2786 and G2532 John G2491 who G3588 seemed G1380 ...
‘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 2:9. PERCEIVING (or KNOWING) indicates the conviction arrived at in consequence of the successful labors of Paul, as the divine attestation of his apostleship. THE GRACE implies here the ca...
THEY WHO WERE REPUTED TO BE PILLARS (ο δοκουντες στυλο εινα). They had that reputation (δοκουντες) and Paul accepts them as such. Στυλο, old word for pillars, columns, as of fire (Revelation 10:1)....
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...
RECOGNIZED THAT GOD. "These outstanding leaders in the church, James, Peter, and John, recognized that God had appointed me to this work, and had given me the same supernormal powers that they all had...
_And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars._ MINISTERS, PILLARS I. As founded on Christ. II. As supporting believers by-- 1. Sympathy. 2. Prayer. 3. Preaching. III. As presenti...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 2:9 PILLARS. Peter, James, and John were clearly leaders in the early church. Significantly, they gave THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP to Barnabas and Paul. This showed that 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 15:10; 1 John 1:3; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 Peter 4:11;...
Who seemed to be pillars [ο ι δ ο κ ο υ ν τ ε ς σ τ υ λ ο ι ε ι ν α ι]. Better, who are in repute as pillars. The metaphor of pillars, applied to the great representatives and supporters of an institu...
And when James — Probably named first because he was bishop of the church in Jerusalem. And Cephas — Speaking of him at Jerusalem he calls him by his Hebrew name. And John — Hence it appears that he a...