Galatians 2:1

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

1 Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

Galatians 2:1 in Other Translations

1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.

1 Then fourteen years later I went back to Jerusalem again, this time with Barnabas; and Titus came along, too.

1 Fourteen years after that first visit, Barnabas and I went up to Jerusalem and took Titus with us.

1 Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

1 Then 14 years later I went to Jerusalem again with Barnabas. I also took Titus along.

1 Then after 14 years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.

1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem. This time I went with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

Galatians 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 2:1

Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem,
&c.] That is, either after it pleased God to call him by his grace, and reveal his Son in him; or rather after he had been at Jerusalem to see Peter, with whom he stayed fifteen days, and then went into Syria and Cilicia; so that it was seventeen years after his conversion that he took this journey to Jerusalem he here speaks of; and he seems to refer to the time when he and Barnabas went from the church at Antioch to the apostles and elders about the question, whether circumcision was necessary to salvation, ( Acts 15:1 Acts 15:2 ) which entirely agrees with the account the apostle here gives of this journey, and which he went not alone, but

with Barnabas: and took Titus with me also;
Barnabas is mentioned in Luke's account as going with him at this time, but Titus is not; who, though he was not sent by the church, yet the apostle might judge it proper and prudent to take him with him, who was converted by him, was a minister of the Gospel, and continued uncircumcised; and the rather he might choose to have him along with him, partly that he might be confirmed in the faith the apostle had taught him; and partly that he might be a living testimony of the agreement between the apostle's principles and practice; and that having him and Barnabas, he might have a competent number of witnesses to testify to the doctrines he preached, the miracles he wrought, and the success that attended him among the Gentiles; and to relate, upon their return, what passed between him and the elders at Jerusalem; for by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is established.

Galatians 2:1 In-Context

1 Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

2 I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain.

3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

4 This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom 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 gospel might be preserved for you.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 15:2
• 2. S Acts 4:36
• 3. S 2 Corinthians 2:13