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but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel for the circumcision
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One Gospel, Two Spheres
Commentators unanimously stress that Paul and Peter preached the exact same gospel. The "gospel of the uncircumcision" (Gentiles) and "the circumcision" (Jews) were not different messages, but different primary mission fields. Scholars describe this as a "distinction of sphere, not a difference of type," a practical division of labor to spread the one true gospel more effectively.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The gospel of the uncircumcision. This refers to the duty of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised part of the world, that is, to the …
But contrariwise (αλλα τουναντιον). But on the contrary (accusative of general reference, το εναντιον). So far from the three cham…
19th Century
Anglican
Gospel of the uncircumcision—i.e., a gospel for the uncircumcised. The elder Apostles recognized St. Paul because they sa…
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Baptist
One of the first things he did, when there was a famine in Judea, was to make a collection for the saints in other places, that he might aid the po…
The phrase “they saw” implies a change of mind by the Twelve as a result of Paul and Barnabas’s having reported on all that God had done through th…
16th Century
Protestant
But, on the contrary. They immediately gave him the right hand of fellowship (Galatians 2:9). Consequently, they gave…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But contrariwise, when they saw that the Gospel James, Cephas, and John, were so far from blaming or correcting anyt…
Observe the apostle's faithfulness in giving a full account of the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles and was still resolved to preach—tha…
13th Century
Catholic
Having shown that the Apostle did not depart from his opinion on any point in the conference mentioned above, he now shows that nothing was added t…
