Galatians 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

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  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
  • Acts 13:46-48 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth. 48 And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
  • Acts 15:12 : 12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.
  • Acts 15:25-26 : 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul, 26 Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 28:28 : 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

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  • Gal 2:8-12
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    8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

    9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

    11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

    12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

  • Gal 2:6
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    6 But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

  • Gal 2:14-15
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    14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

    15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

  • Acts 11:1-4
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    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

    2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

    3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

    4 But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

  • Gal 2:2-4
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    2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

    3 But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision:

    4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

    8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • Acts 11:17
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    17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • Acts 10:45
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    45 And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,

  • 1 Cor 7:18-19
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    18 If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

    19 Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.

  • 1 Tim 1:11
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    11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

  • Rom 4:10
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    10 How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

  • Rom 2:26-29
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    26 If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?

    27 And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

    28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

    29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
    70%

    4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

    16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

  • Rom 15:8
    70%

    8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

  • Eph 2:11
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    11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

  • Gal 1:11
    69%

    11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

  • Eph 3:2
    69%

    2 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

    7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

  • Acts 10:34
    68%

    34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

  • Acts 16:3
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    3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

  • Eph 3:7-8
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    7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

    8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    12 Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

    13 Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

  • Acts 15:24
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    24 Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

  • Gal 1:18
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    18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.