
Galatians 2:1-10
2 Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem,v this time with Barnabas.w I took Titusx along also. PC:PP. 2 I went in response to a revelationy and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the גּוֹיִם Gentiles.z I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my racea in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus,b who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.c 4 This matter arose because some false believersd had infiltrated our ranks to spy one the freedomf we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospelg might be preserved for you.
DEUT6 As for those who were held in high esteemh—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritismi—they added nothing to my message.j 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the taskk of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,a l just as Peterm had been to the circumcised.b 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostlen to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostleo to the גּוֹיִם Gentiles. 1CL. 9 James,p Cephasc q and John, those esteemed as pillars,r gave me and Barnabass the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.t They agreed that we should go to the גּוֹיִם Gentiles,u and they to the circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,v the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ga 2:1–10.
Circumcision = the old way of doing things or Tradition
Circumcision was to set the people of God apart physically, And to symbolize a circumcised heart. See Leviticus 26:40-42, Deuteronomy 10:12-16, Deuteronomy 30:4-6, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 9:25.
Confession
Romans 10:9-10 “9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.”
Therefore confess your sinsq to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.r The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.s
The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Jas 5:16.
I have those in my life that I can go to with any problem I am having. Do You?
Baptism
Matthew 28:19–20 CSB
19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
1 Peter 3:21 CSB
21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Corresponds to this Peter is talking about the Noahic Flood. Baptism thus reflects the belief that Jesus is Lord, signifying the judgment of sin and subsequent salvation through the new life provided by the resurrection of Christ. Just as Noah and his family came through the flood waters to a new life, so do believers through baptism. It is not the baptism itself that saves, but the action of God that it signifies.
John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), 1 Pe 3:21.
Eucharist
Galatians 2:21 CSB
21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Next Steps
Galatians 2:10 CSB
10 They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I had made every effort to do.