Galatians 2:9

"for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the unity and shared ministry of Jesus across different communities. Paul emphasizes that just as God used Peter to minister to Jewish believers (the circumcised), He similarly utilized Paul for the Gentile community, illustrating that salvation is available through Christ regardless of one's background or ethnicity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 9. And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars. That is, pillars or supports in the church. The word rendered pillars stuloi means, properly, firm support; then persons of influence and authority, as in a church, or that support a church--as a pillar or column does an edifice. In regard to James, See Barnes "Ga 1:19". Comp. Ac 15:13. Cephas or Peter was the most aged of the apostles, and regarded as at the head of the apostolical college. John was the beloved disciple, and his influence in the church must of necessity have been great.

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