Galatians 2:5

To whom — i.e., to the Jewish agitators, though probably not so much in their own persons as through the Apostles who advocated concession to their views.

We gave place. — St. Paul himself, with Barnabas and Titus.

By subjection. — By yielding to them the submission which they claimed of us.

No, not for an hour. — It is strange that the negative here and the relative at the beginning of the verse are wanting in some Latin authorities, including Irenæus and (partially, at least) Tertullian. This, however, is only interesting as pointing to a very early corruption of the text, and not for any bearing that it has on the exegesis of the passage.

The truth of the gospel. — The gospel in its true form, with all the liberty which its essential doctrine of justification by faith involves, not mutilated or restricted by any false conditions.

Might continue with you. — The words used in the Greek are expressive of undiminished continuance: “Might reach to you and persist among you in its full extent.”