Galatians 2:15-16 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

Withstanding of Peter at Antioch. "But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face." From the public conference at Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas went down to Antioch, where, it is said, they tarried. They separated after this stay. The visit of Peter to Antioch must be referred to this period, seeing Barnabas is mentioned as still with Paul. There was more than resistance made to Peter; there was the going up to him, meeting him face to face, and charging him with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:15

We who are Jews by nature ( ἡμεῖς φύσει ἰουδαῖοι ); we being Jews by nature ; or, we are Jews by nature. In point of construction, it may be observed that, after εἰδότες in the next verse, recent editors concur in inserting δέ . With this correction of the text, we may either make this fifteenth verse a separate sentence, by supplying ἐσμέν , "we are Jews by nature," etc., and begin the next verse with the words, "but yet, knowing that … even we believed," etc.; or we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:15-16

The true way of salvation. The apostle then proceeds to show that the way of salvation is not by the works of the Law at all, but in a quite different way. t/is words to Peter imply— I. THE NECESSITY OF JUSTIFICATION FOR BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES . "We being Jews by nature, and not sinners from among the Gentiles." He tells the Judaists the Jews had some advantage over the Gentiles. Yet, after all, the Jews themselves, such as Paul and Peter, were obliged to renounce... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:16

Knowing ( εἰδότες δέ : see note on Galatians 2:15 ); yet knowing. That a man is not justified by the works of the Law ( ὅτι ου) δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξἔργων νόμον ); or, by works of Law ; or, by works of the Law. That is, works prescribed by the Law of Moses. The verb δικαιοῦται is in the present tense, because the apostle is stating a general principle. The sentence, οὐ δικαιοῦται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου , if regard be had to the exact sense of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:16

Justification by faith. These words contain the pith and kernel of the Epistle. Occurring in historical narration, they strike the key-note of what is rather an expostulation and appeal to previous convictions than an original, calm argument, such as is the treatment of the same subject in the Epistle to the Romans. St. Paul says he convicted St. Peter of inconsistency in requiring Gentiles to Judaize, by reminding him that even they, Jews as they were, were not justified on account of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:15

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 Epistle to the Galatians. A great variety of opinion has prevailed in regard to this. Grotius says, “Here the narrative of Paul being closed, he pursues his argument to the Galatians.” In this opinion Bloomfield and many others concur. Rosenmuller and many others suppose that the address to Peter is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:16

Knowing - We who are Jews by nature, or by birth. This cannot mean that all the Jews knew this, or that he who was a Jew knew it as a matter of course, for many Jews were ignorant of it, and many opposed it. But it means that the persons here referred to, those who had been born Jews, and who had been converted to Christianity, had had an opportunity to learn and understand this, which the Gentiles had not. This gospel had been preached to them, and they had professedly embraced it. They were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 2:15-16

Galatians 2:15-16. We St. Paul, to spare St. Peter, drops the first person singular, and speaks in the plural number; Galatians 2:18, he speaks in the first person singular again by a figure, and without a figure, Galatians 2:19, &c. Who are Jews by nature By birth, and not proselytes. As in the first part of his discourse, where the apostle speaks only of himself and Peter, he meant to speak of all the teachers of the gospel; so in this second part, where he describes his own state,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

Saved by faith alone (2:11-21)Being assured of the fellowship of the Jerusalem leaders, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch (see Acts 12:25). From there they set out on their first missionary journey (see Acts 13:1-3). On returning to Antioch at the end of the journey, they came into conflict with a group of Judaisers who had come from Jerusalem. These men claimed to have the authority of James, and taught that Christians should keep the Jewish laws concerning food, circumcision and other... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 2:15

sinners . Greek. hamartools . Compare App-128 and Matthew 9:10 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

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The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:15-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 2:15-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 2:15

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