Galatians 2:15

"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?"

Key Reflection

Paul is expressing his concern that Peter's actions are inconsistent with the Gospel message he preaches. By asking Peter why he is pressuring Gentile believers to adhere to Jewish customs, Paul highlights the tension between maintaining religious traditions and embracing the inclusive nature of Christ's teachings.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 15. We who are Jews by nature. It has long been a question whether this and the following verses are to be regarded as a part of the address of Paul to Peter, or the words of Paul as a part of the epistle to the Galatians. A great variety of opinion has prevailed in regard to this. Grotius says, "Here the narrative of Paul being closed, he pursues his argument to the Galatians." In this opinion Bloomfield and many others concur. Rosenmuller, and many others, suppose that the address to Peter is continued to Ga 2:21. Such seems to be the most obvious interpretation, as there is no break or change in the style, nor any vestige of a transfer of the argument to the Galatians.

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