Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Galatians 2:4
And that because of false brethren. In the case of Timothy Paul had
circumcised him, not as a matter of obligation, or out of deference to
the views of Jewish Christians, but so that he could reach unconverted
Jews better, who would not listen to a Gentile. See Acts 16:3. The
apostles might have recommended the circumcision of Titus, Paul here
intimates, not as a matter of duty, but of prudence, had it not been
made an issue by the false brethren. He could not yield to such a
demand without a sacrifice of principle.
Unawares brought in. These false brethren were really Jews who
had slipped into the church.
To spy out our liberty. Really enemies in the guise of friends
whose object was to take away the freedom of the gospel, and subject
Christians to the bondage of the Jewish law.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 15:1
2 Corinthians 2:17
2 Corinthians 11:20
Galatians 2:4
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