And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
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Gill's Exposition
And that because of false brethren,.... This is the reason why the elders did not insist upon the circumcision of Titus, why he did not submit to it, and why the apostle would not admit of it: had it…
Barnes' Notes
And that because of false brethren - Who these false brethren were is not certainly known, nor is it known whether he refers to those who were at Jerusalem or to those who were at Antioch. It is…
It should seem, by the account Paul gives of himself in this chapter, that, from the very first preaching and planting of Christianity, there was a difference of apprehension between those Christians…
Cambridge Bible
and that, because Better, but only, because. The pressure would not have been put upon us, had it not been for false brethren, &c.
false brethren Rather, -pretended". Venn.
unawares brought in Rather,…
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