Galatians 2:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision.

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  • Luke 15:2 : 2 Therefore the Pharises and Scribes murmured, saying, Hee receiueth sinners, and eateth with them.
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 And he sayd vnto them, Ye know that it is an vnlawfull thing for a man that is a Iewe, to company, or come vnto one of another nation: but God hath shewed me, that I should not call any man polluted, or vncleane.
  • Acts 11:2-3 : 2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of felowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision,
  • Eph 3:6 : 6 That the Gentiles should be inheriters also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel,
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Peter sate without in the hall, and a maide came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Iesus of Galile: 70 But hee denied before them all, saying, I wote not what thou saiest. 71 And when hee went out into the porche, another maide sawe him, and sayde vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazareth. 72 And againe he denied with an oth, saying, I knowe not the man. 73 So after a while, came vnto him they that stoode by, and sayde vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewraieth thee. 74 Then began hee to curse himselfe, and to sweare, saying, I knowe not the man; immediately the cocke crewe. 75 Then Peter remembred the wordes of Iesus, which had sayde vnto him, Before the cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise. So he went out, and wept bitterly.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.
  • Eph 2:15 : 15 In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, that is, the Lawe of commandements which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twaine one newe man in himselfe, so making peace,
  • Eph 2:19-22 : 19 Nowe therefore ye are no more strangers and forreiners: but citizens with the Saintes, and of the houshold of God, 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone, 21 In whom all the building coupled together, groweth vnto an holy Temple in the Lord. 22 In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 And whome diddest thou reuerence or feare, seeing thou hast lyed vnto me, and hast not remembred me, neither set thy minde thereon? is it not because I holde my peace, & that of long time? therefore thou fearest not me.
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 Which say, Stand apart, come not nere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath & a fire that burneth all the day.
  • Acts 21:18-25 : 18 And the next day Paul went in with vs vnto Iames: and all the Elders were there assembled. 19 And when he had embraced them, hee tolde by order all things, that God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration. 20 So when they heard it, they glorified God, and sayd vnto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousand Iewes there are which beleeue, and they are all zealous of the Law: 21 Now they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes, which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they ought not to circumcise their sonnes, neither to liue after the customes. 22 What is then to be done? the multitude must needes come together: for they shall heare that thou art come. 23 Doe therefore this that we say to thee. We haue foure men, which haue made a vowe, 24 Them take, and purifie thy selfe with them, and contribute with them, that they may shaue their heads: and all shall knowe, that those things, whereof they haue bene informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and keepest the Lawe. 25 For as touching ye Gentiles, which beleeue, we haue written, & determined that they obserue no such thing, but that they keepe themselues from things offred to idoles, and from blood, and from that that is strangled, and from fornication.

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    1Nowe the Apostles and the brethren that were in Iudea, heard, that the Gentiles had also receiued the worde of God.

    2And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him,

    3Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.

    4Then Peter beganne, and expounded the thing in order to them, saying,

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    13And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie.

    14But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?

    15We which are Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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    6But by them which seemed to be great, I was not taught (whatsoeuer they were in time passed, I am nothing the better: God accepteth no mans person) for they that are the chiefe, did adde nothing to me aboue that I had.

    7But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter:

    8(For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

    9And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of felowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision,

    10Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

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    1Then fourteene yeeres after, I went vp againe to Hierusalem with Barnabas, & tooke with me Titus also.

    2And I went vp by reuelation, and declared vnto them that Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but particularly to them that were the chiefe, least by any meanes I should runne, or had runne in vaine:

    3But neither yet Titus which was with me, though he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised,

    4To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.

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    1Then came downe certaine from Iudea, and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moses, ye cannot be saued.

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    17Neither came I againe to Hierusalem to them which were Apostles before me, but I went into Arabia, and turned againe vnto Damascus.

    18Then after three yeeres I came againe to Hierusalem to visite Peter, and abode with him fifteene dayes.

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    27And as he talked with him, he came in, and found many that were come together.

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    12As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ.

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    5But said they, certaine of the sect of the Pharises, which did beleeue, rose vp, saying, that it was needefull to circumcise them, and to commaunde them to keepe the lawe of Moses.

    6Then the Apostles and Elders came together to looke to this matter.

    7And when there had bene great disputation, Peter rose vp, and said vnto them, Ye men and brethren, ye know that a good while ago, among vs God chose out me, that the Gentiles by my mouth should heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleeue.

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    19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them of the Gentiles that are turned to God,

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    21Now they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes, which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they ought not to circumcise their sonnes, neither to liue after the customes.

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    45So they of the circumcision which beleeued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was powred out the gift of the holy Ghost.

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    10For there are many disobedient & vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision,

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    14And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commaundements of men, that turne away from the trueth.

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    14But Peter sayd, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane.

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    17And he beckened vnto them with the hand, to hold their peace, and told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison; he saide, Goe shewe these things vnto Iames and to the brethren: and he departed and went into an other place.

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    18Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

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    24For ye Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.