Galatians 2
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A page showing Galatia 1:2-10 on Papyrus 51, ca. AD 400.
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| Book | Epistle to the Galatians |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 9 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
Galatians 2 is the second chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and "the brethren that are with him."
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
These are the persons all along designed, though not till now named. James was the brother of our Lord who wrote the epistle that goes by his name, made that famous speech in the synod at Jerusalem, (Acts 15:13), presided in that church, was a man of great holiness, and much esteemed of by the saints, and had a good report of them that were without. Cephas is Simon Peter. This name was given him by Christ, (John 1:42) and in the Syriac language signifies a "stone", as Peter does in the Greek, to which our Lord alludes, (Matthew 16:18) . John was the evangelist, and the same that wrote the epistles, was the beloved disciple, and who outlived all the rest:
not as the Arabic version, "who thought themselves such", but were esteemed so by others, and very rightly. They were pillars among the apostles of the highest note and greatest eminence among them; they were the very chief of the apostles; for though they were all in the same office, and had the same commission, and were employed in the same work, yet there were some who made a greater figure than others, as these did, and are therefore called pillars; they were more conspicuous, and to be observed, and taken notice of, than the rest; they were pillars in the church, set in the highest place there, and the ornaments of it; see (Proverbs 9:1) (Revelation 3:12) . They are called so for their constancy and stability in preaching the Gospel, and suffering for the sake of Christ; they were steadfast and immoveable in his work, nor could they be shaken or deterred from it by the menaces, reproaches, and persecutions of men; and they were the means of supporting others that were feeble minded, and of defending and maintaining the truths of the Gospel; and were set, as Jeremiah was, as a defenced city, an iron pillar, and brazen walls against all the enemies of Christ, and his Gospel; and were, as the church is said to be, "the pillar and ground of truth". The apostle may have respect to the titles of this kind which were bestowed on the Jewish doctors. It is said,
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