Galatians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Galatians 2 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Έπειτα μετά δεκατέσσαρα έτη πάλιν ανέβην εις Ιεροσόλυμα μετά του Βαρνάβα, συμπαραλαβών και τον Τίτον·
1 Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
2 ανέβην δε κατά αποκάλυψιν· και παρέστησα προς αυτούς το ευαγγέλιον, το οποίον κηρύττω μεταξύ των εθνών, κατ' ιδίαν δε προς τους επισημοτέρους, μήπως τρέχω ή έτρεξα εις μάτην.
2 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
3 Αλλ' ουδέ ο Τίτος ο μετ' εμού, Έλλην ων, ηναγκάσθη να περιτμηθή,
3 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
4 αλλά διά τους παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οίτινες παρεισήλθον διά να κατασκοπεύσωσι την ελευθερίαν ημών, την οποίαν έχομεν εν Χριστώ Ιησού, διά να μας καταδουλώσωσιν·
4 This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
5 εις τους οποίους ουδέ προς ώραν υπεχωρήσαμεν υποτασσόμενοι, διά να διαμείνη εις εσάς η αλήθεια του ευαγγελίου.
5 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
6 Περί δε των νομιζομένων ότι είναι τι, οποίοι ποτέ και αν ήσαν, ουδόλως φροντίζω· ο Θεός δεν βλέπει εις πρόσωπον ανθρώπου· διότι εις εμέ οι επισημότεροι δεν προσέθεσαν ουδέν περισσότερον,
6 But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
7 αλλά το εναντίον, αφού είδον ότι ενεπιστεύθην να κηρύττω το ευαγγέλιον προς τους απεριτμήτους καθώς ο Πέτρος προς τους περιτετμημένους·
7 but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—
8 διότι ο ενεργήσας εις τον Πέτρον, ώστε να αποσταλή προς τους περιτετμημένους, ενήργησε και εις εμέ, προς τους εθνικούς·
8 for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—
9 και αφού εγνώρισαν την χάριν την δοθείσαν εις εμέ Ιάκωβος και Κηφάς και Ιωάννης, οι θεωρούμενοι ότι είναι στύλοι, δεξιάς έδωκαν κοινωνίας εις εμέ και εις τον Βαρνάβαν, διά να υπάγωμεν ημείς μεν εις τα έθνη, αυτοί δε εις τους περιτετμημένους·
9 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
10 μόνον μας παρήγγειλαν να ενθυμώμεθα τους πτωχούς, το οποίον και εσπούδασα αυτό τούτο να κάμω.
10 They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
11 Ότε δε ήλθεν ο Πέτρος εις την Αντιόχειαν, ηναντιώθην εις αυτόν κατά πρόσωπον, διότι ήτο αξιόμεμπτος.
11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
12 Επειδή πριν έλθωσί τινές από του Ιακώβου, συνέτρωγε με τους εθνικούς· ότε δε ήλθον, συνεστέλλετο και απεχώριζεν εαυτόν, φοβούμενος τους εκ περιτομής.
12 For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
13 Και μετ' αυτού συνυπεκρίθησαν και οι λοιποί Ιουδαίοι, ώστε και ο Βαρνάβας συμπαρεσύρθη εις την υπόκρισιν αυτών.
13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
14 Αλλ' ότε εγώ είδον ότι δεν ορθοποδούσι προς την αλήθειαν του ευαγγελίου, είπον προς τον Πέτρον έμπροσθεν πάντων· Εάν συ Ιουδαίος ων ζης εθνικώς και ουχί Ιουδαϊκώς, διά τι αναγκάζεις τους εθνικούς να ιουδαΐζωσιν;
14 But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
15 Ημείς εκ γεννήσεως Ιουδαίοι όντες και ουχί εκ των εθνών αμαρτωλοί,
15 “We, being Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners,
16 εξεύροντες ότι δεν δικαιούται άνθρωπος εξ έργων νόμου ειμή διά πίστεως Ιησού Χριστού, και ημείς επιστεύσαμεν εις τον Ιησούν Χριστόν, διά να δικαιωθώμεν εκ πίστεως Χριστού και ουχί εξ έργων νόμου, διότι δεν θέλει δικαιωθή εξ έργων νόμου ουδείς άνθρωπος.
16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
17 Αλλ' εάν ζητούντες να δικαιωθώμεν εις τον Χριστόν ευρέθημεν και ημείς αμαρτωλοί, άρα ο Χριστός αμαρτίας είναι διάκονος; Μη γένοιτο.
17 But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
18 Διότι εάν όσα κατέστρεψα ταύτα πάλιν οικοδομώ, παραβάτην δεικνύω εμαυτόν.
18 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
19 Διότι εγώ διά του νόμου απέθανον εις τον νόμον, διά να ζήσω εις τον Θεόν.
19 For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
20 Μετά του Χριστού συνεσταυρώθην· ζω δε ουχί πλέον εγώ, αλλ' ο Χριστός ζη εν εμοί· καθ' ο δε τώρα ζω εν σαρκί, ζω εν τη πίστει του Υιού του Θεού, όστις με ηγάπησε και παρέδωκεν εαυτόν υπέρ εμού.
20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
21 Δεν αθετώ την χάριν του Θεού· διότι αν η δικαίωσις γίνηται διά του νόμου, άρα ο Χριστός εις μάτην απέθανε.
21 I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Titus
A Greek coworker of Paul, not compelled to be circumcised, who carried Paul's letters to Corinth, and whom Paul left in Crete to set things in order.
Cited in the guide: 2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 8:23; Galatians 2:3
Places
Antioch (Syrian)
The empire's third-largest city and the first major Gentile church — the launching base for Paul's journeys. (Distinct from Pisidian Antioch.)
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1-3; Galatians 2:11
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Galatians 2:3; Acts 15:2–4; Acts 14:12; 2 Corinthians 8:16; Galatians 2:13
- 2 Galatians 2:6; Philippians 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 9:26
- 3 Acts 16:3; Galatians 5:2–6; 1 Corinthians 9:20–21; 2 Corinthians 2:13; Acts 15:24
- 4 Galatians 5:1; Jude 4; 2 Peter 2:1–2; 1 John 4:1; Galatians 5:12–13
- 5 Galatians 4:16; Galatians 2:14; Colossians 2:4–8; Colossians 1:5; Jude 3
- 6 Galatians 2:2; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 11:5
- 7 1 Thessalonians 2:4; Acts 9:15; 1 Timothy 2:7; Galatians 1:16; Acts 13:46–48
- 8 Acts 22:21; Acts 9:15; Acts 15:12; Acts 2:14–41; Acts 21:19
- 9 Romans 12:3; Revelation 3:12; Ephesians 3:8; Galatians 2:2; Acts 15:22–30
- 10 1 John 3:17; Hebrews 13:16; Acts 24:17; 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 1 Corinthians 16:1–2
- 11 1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Acts 15:1; 2 Corinthians 5:16; Galatians 2:5
- 12 Acts 10:28; Luke 15:2; Ephesians 3:6; Acts 11:2–3; Matthew 26:69–75
- 13 1 Corinthians 15:33; Hebrews 13:9; Ephesians 4:14; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Genesis 12:11–13
- 14 Acts 10:28; Galatians 2:5; Acts 15:10–11; 1 Timothy 5:20; Proverbs 2:7
- 15 Ephesians 2:3; Titus 3:3; Romans 3:9; Ephesians 2:11–12; Philippians 3:4
- 16 Philippians 3:9; Psalm 143:2; Romans 3:19–28; Romans 9:30; 1 Peter 1:18–21
- 17 Romans 6:1–2; 1 John 3:8–10; 1 John 3:5; Galatians 2:15; Matthew 1:21
- 18 Galatians 4:9–12; Galatians 2:4–5; Galatians 2:12–16; Romans 14:15; Galatians 2:21
- 19 Romans 7:4; Romans 6:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; Romans 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:15
- 20 Galatians 5:24; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Romans 6:4–6; Colossians 3:3–4; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
- 21 Romans 11:6; Galatians 3:21; Hebrews 7:11; 1 Corinthians 15:14; Galatians 2:16
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… that Paul alone knew the truth, and that to him the mystery was manifested by revelation, let Paul himself convict them, when he says, that one and the same God wrought in Peter for the apostolate of the circumcision, and in himself for the Gentiles. Peter, therefore, was an apostle of that very God whose was also Paul; and Him …
… the Son is the work of the Father, since it is written, "Who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all;" and that the Passion of the Son was His own work also, "Who loved me, and gave Himself for me." The Father delivered up the Son, and the Son delivered up Himself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"For He that wrought effectually in Peter," it is said, "to the apostleship of the circumcision, was mighty also in me towards the Gentiles." For since on seeing the Son, they were wroth and slew Him, He bids them again by His servants.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
But I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that Gospel which I preached among the Gentiles." And again he says, "For an hour we did give place to subjection, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you." If, then, any one shall, from the Acts of the Apostles, carefully scrutinize the time concerning which it is …
But the Apostle says, "If righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain." What the Apostle says of the Law, that say we of nature to these men.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)