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Galatians 2:5

Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

To whom we gave place by subjection,.... Meaning not the apostles, elders, and brethren at Jerusalem, who did not insist upon the observance of the rituals of the law as necessary, but were one and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour - We did not submit to this at all. We did not yield even for the shortest time. We did not waver in our opposition to their demands, or in the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

To whom we gave place by subjection - So fully satisfied was he with his Divine call, and that he had in preaching among the Gentiles acted in strict conformity to it, that he did not submit in the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Galatians 2:1-10

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

To whom … an hour In some early copies the negative seems to have been omitted. "We yielded by a temporary concession". This would of course imply that Titus wascircumcised. But the received reading…