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Galatians 2 — Sermon Preparation
Paul recounts his recognition by the Jerusalem apostles and his public confrontation with Peter at Antioch over the integrity of the gospel. Below is a research summary for Galatians 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 21
- verses
- 385 / 152
- Greek words / lemmas
- 53
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Galatians 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ζάω | záō | G2198 | 6 | life, live, quick |
| ἔθνος | éthnos | G1484 | 6 | Gentile, heathen, nation, people |
| νόμος | nómos | G3551 | 6 | law |
| περιτομή | peritomḗ | G4061 | 4 | circumcised, circumcision |
| δικαιόω | dikaióō | G1344 | 4 | free, justify, be righteous |
| δοκέω | dokéō | G1380 | 4 | be accounted, please, be of reputation, seem |
| εὐαγγέλιον | euangélion | G2098 | 4 | gospel |
How preachers through history handled this text
53 public-domain excerpts on Galatians 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here, in his own person, the apostle describes the spiritual or hidden life of a believer. The old man is crucified, Ro 6:6, but the new man is living; sin is mortified, and grace is quickened. He has the comforts and the triumphs of grace; yet that grace is not from himself, but from another. Believers see themselves living in a state of dependence on Christ. Hence it is, that though he lives in the flesh, yet he does not live after the flesh. Those who have true faith, live by that faith; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Galatians 2:20–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Gal 2:1
- Antioch 1— Gal 2:11
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