Galatians 2:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

He did

He withdrew

Isaiah 65:5

Luke 15:2

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Fearing

Proverbs 29:25

Isaiah 57:11

Matthew 26:69

General references

Luke 5:38

Luke 15:2

Galatians 2:18

Bible References

He did

And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might

make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

He withdrew

“Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.

Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

abstain from every form of evil.

Fearing

The fear of man brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.

“Of whom were you worried and fearful
When you lied, and did not remember Me

Nor give Me a thought?

Was I not silent even for a long time
So you do not fear Me?

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

General references

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.