Galatians 2:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:”

Galatians 2:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Galatians 2:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Galatians 2:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,”

Galatians 2:4 — World English Bible

Galatians 2:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:”

Galatians 2:4 — American Standard Version

Galatians 2:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and <FI>that<Fi> because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,”

Galatians 2:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Galatians 2:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;”

Galatians 2:4 — Darby Translation

Galatians 2:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.”

Galatians 2:4 — Geneva Bible

Galatians 2:4 in Context — Galatians 2

2 et ce fut d’après une révélation que j’y montai. Je leur exposai l’Évangile que je prêche parmi les païens, je l’exposai en particulier à ceux qui sont les plus considérés, afin de ne pas courir ou avoir couru en vain.

3 Mais Tite, qui était avec moi, et qui était Grec, ne fut pas même contraint de se faire circoncire.

4 Et cela, à cause des faux frères qui s’étaient furtivement introduits et glissés parmi nous, pour épier la liberté que nous avons en Jésus-Christ, avec l’intention de nous asservir.

5 Nous ne leur cédâmes pas un instant et nous résistâmes à leurs exigences, afin que la vérité de l’Évangile fût maintenue parmi vous.

6 Ceux qui sont les plus considérés-quels qu’ils aient été jadis, cela ne m’importe pas: Dieu ne fait point acception de personnes, ceux qui sont les plus considérés ne m’imposèrent rien.

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