Galatians 2:13

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Summary

Galatians 2:13

And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

The other

Carried

General references

Luke 5:38

Galatians 2:18

Bible References

The other

And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Listen: I know that you are a beautiful woman;

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

But he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob answered, “I am.”

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give off a foul odor; so a little foolishness [in one who is esteemed] outweighs wisdom and honor.

Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?

Only be careful that this liberty of yours [this power to choose] does not somehow become a stumbling block [that is, a temptation to sin] to the weak [in conscience].

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Carried

“Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?
And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],

You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].

So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit].

Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

General references

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

For if I [or anyone else should] rebuild [through word or by practice] what I once tore down [the belief that observing the Law is essential for salvation], I prove myself to be a transgressor.