10 They only asked us to remember the poor—(A)the very thing I also was eager to do.

Peter (Cephas) Opposed by Paul

11 But when (B)Cephas came to (C)Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he [a]stood condemned. 12 For prior to the coming of certain men from [b](D)James, he used to (E)eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, (F)fearing [c]the party of the circumcision.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:11 Or was to be condemned; lit was one who was condemned, or, was self-condemned
  2. Galatians 2:12 Or Jacob
  3. Galatians 2:12 Or converts from the circumcised; lit those from the circumcision

10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,(A) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

Paul Opposes Cephas

11 When Cephas(B) came to Antioch,(C) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James,(D) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(E) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.(F)

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