Galatians 2:14

Easy To Read Version

I saw what these Jews did. They were not following the truth of the Good News. {\cf2\super [17]} So I spoke to Peter in a way that all the other Jews could hear what I said. This is what I said: “Peter, you are a Jew. But you don’t live like a Jew. You live like a non-Jew. So why do you now force the non-Jewish people to live like Jews?”

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

A good person can correct me.\par That would be kind of him.\par Your followers can criticize me.\par It would be good for them to do that.\par I would accept that.\par But I will always pray against\par the bad things those bad people do.\par

Psalm 15:2

Only a person who lives a pure life,\par and does good things,\par and speaks truth from the heart\par \{can live on your mountain\}.\par

Psalm 58:1

You judges are not being fair\par in your decisions.\par You are not judging people fairly.\par

Psalm 84:11

The Lord is our protector and glorious king. {\cf2\super [491]} \par God blesses us with kindness and glory.\par The Lord gives every good thing\par to people who follow and obey him.\par

Proverbs 10:9

A good, honest person is safe. But a crooked person who cheats will be caught.

Proverbs 2:7

He saves and protects good, honest people.

Leviticus 19:17

“You must not hate your brother in your heart. If your neighbor does something wrong, then talk to him about it. But forgive him!

Acts 10:28

Peter said to the people, “You people understand that it is against our Jewish law for a Jew to associate with or visit any person who is not a Jew. But God has shown me that I should not call any person ‘unholy’ or ‘not clean.’

Acts 15:1

Then some men came \{to Antioch\} from Judea. They began teaching the non-Jewish brothers: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised. {\cf2\super [296]} Moses taught us to do this.”

Acts 15:24

We have heard that some men have come to you from our group. The things they said troubled and upset you. But we did not tell them to do this!

Acts 15:5

Some of the believers \{in Jerusalem\} had belonged to the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [301]} They stood up and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [302]} We must tell them to obey the law of Moses!”

Romans 14:14

I am in the Lord Jesus. And I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes that something is wrong, then that thing is wrong for him.

Galatians 1:18

Three years later I went to Jerusalem; I wanted to meet Peter. {\cf2\super [8]} I stayed with Peter 15 days.

Galatians 1:6

A short time ago God called you to follow him. He called you through his grace (kindness) that came through Christ. But now I am amazed at you people! You are already turning away and believing something different from the Good News {\cf2\super [3]} \{we told you\}.

Galatians 2:5

But we did not agree with anything those false brothers wanted! We wanted the truth of the Good News to continue for you.

Galatians 2:7

But these leaders saw that God had given me a special work, the same as Peter. {\cf2\super [13]} God gave Peter the work of telling the Good News to the Jews. But God gave me the work of telling the Good News to the non-Jewish people.

Galatians 2:9

James, Peter, and John seemed to be the leaders. They saw that God had given me this special grace (gift). So they accepted Barnabas and me. Peter, James, and John said, “Paul and Barnabas, we agree that you should go to the people who are not Jews. We will go to the Jews.”

Galatians 6:12

Some men are trying to force you to be circumcised. {\cf2\super [77]} They do these things so that other people (the Jews) will accept them. Those men are afraid they will be criticized if they follow only the cross of Christ. {\cf2\super [78]}

Colossians 1:5

You have faith in Christ and love God’s people because of the hope you have. You know that the things you hope for are saved for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the true teaching, the Good News {\cf2\super [3]}

1 Timothy 5:20

Tell those who sin that they are wrong. Do this in front of the whole church. In that way the others will have a warning.

Hebrews 12:13

Walk (live) in the right way so that you will be saved and your weakness will not cause you to be lost.

Hebrews 9:10

Those gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. Those things were only rules about the body—\{not about things inside people’s hearts\}. God gave those rules \{for his people to follow\} until the time of God’s new way.