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Galatians 2:15

Galatians 2:15
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

We who are Jews by nature,.... I Paul, and you Peter and Barnabas, and the rest of the Jews at Antioch. Some are Jews by grace, in a spiritual sense, as all are that are Christ's, that are true…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

We who are Jews by nature - It has long been a question whether this and the following verses are to be regarded as a part of the address of Paul to Peter, or the words of Paul as a part of the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

We who are Jews by nature - We who belong to the Jewish nation - who have been born, bred, and educated Jews.

And not sinners of the Gentiles - Ἁμαρτωλοι· Not without the knowledge of God, as they…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Galatians 2:11-21

I. From the account which Paul gives of what passed between him and the other apostles at Jerusalem, the Galatians might easily discern both the falseness of what his enemies had insinuated against…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Galatians 2:15-18

Consider what is involved in our having embraced Christianity. We were Jews by birth, and not Gentiles, whom the Jews look down upon as -sinners". We were convinced that man cannot be accounted…