Galatians 2:10 Parallel Translations
NASB: They only asked us to remember the poor-- the very thing I also was eager to do. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the poor, the very thing which I was eager to do.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
ASV: only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
BBE: Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.
DBY: only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.
ERV: only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
WEY: Only they urged that we should remember their poor--a thing which was uppermost in my own mind.
WBS: Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
WEB: They only asked us to remember the poor-which very thing I was also zealous to do.
YLT: only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.
Galatians 2:10 Cross References
XREF:Acts 24:17 "Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings; (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 2:10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor. Continue the collections in the Gentile churches for the poor at Jerusalem. We have seen Paul constantly active in this work (1Co 16:1).
NOTE--In order to understand this epistle and parts of others, the reader must keep in mind the two great divisions of apostolic Christianity, the Jew and the Gentile. Of the Jewish, Peter, James and John were leaders; of the Gentile, Paul and Barnabas. These leaders were in full harmony, but the two sections of the church were not equally harmonious. The Jewish Christians, as a rule, still kept the Jewish law, and hoped for the conversion of the whole Jewish nation, until the destruction of Jerusalem; one extreme wing of them insisted that the Gentiles should keep the Jewish law, also. It is with this wing that Paul comes in conflict. Here in this chapter, and also in Acts 15, we have accounts of the conflict. After Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple in ruins, and the church removed elsewhere, the Jewish Christians gradually gave up the Jewish law, and the two divisions welded into one body in which there was neither Jew nor Gentile, but all one in Christ.
WES: 2:10 Of the poor - The poor Christians in Judea, who had lost all they had for Christ's sake.
MHC: 2:1-10 Observe the apostle's faithfulness in giving a full account of the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles, and was still resolved to preach, that of Christianity, free from all mixture of Judaism. This doctrine would be ungrateful to many, yet he was not afraid to own it. His care was, lest the success of his past labours should be lessened, or his future usefulness be hindered. While we simply depend upon God for success to our labours, we should use every proper caution to remove mistakes, and against opposers. There are things which may lawfully be complied with, yet, when they cannot be done without betraying the truth, they ought to be refused. We must not give place to any conduct, whereby the truth of the gospel would be reflected upon. Though Paul conversed with the other apostles, yet he did not receive any addition to his knowledge, or authority, from them. Perceiving the grace given to him, they gave unto him and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, whereby they acknowledged that he was designed to the honour and office of an apostle as well as themselves. They agreed that these two should go to the heathen, while they continued to preach to the Jews; judging it agreeable to the mind of Christ, so to divide their work. Here we learn that the gospel is not ours, but God's; and that men are but the keepers of it; for this we are to praise God. The apostle showed his charitable disposition, and how ready he was to own the Jewish converts as brethren, though many would scarcely allow the like favour to the converted Gentiles; but mere difference of opinion was no reason to him why he should not help them. Herein is a pattern of Christian charity, which we should extend to all the disciples of Christ.
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