Galatians 2:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.”

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BSBPD

“We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 2:5 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Nehemiah 6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
  2. Acts 15:2And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
  3. Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  4. Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
  5. Galatians 4:16Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
  6. Ephesians 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
  7. Colossians 1:5the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
  8. Colossians 2:4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
  9. 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
  10. Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

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