Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Parallel translations
- WEB But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
- KJV But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
- NKJV Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
- NASB But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
- NLT And they supported me and did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.
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Even Titus, a Greek, was not forced to be circumcised. This was a decisive test case proving Gentiles need not keep the law to be saved.
Overview
Titus served as living proof of the gospel's truth: a Gentile believer accepted without circumcision. That the Jerusalem leaders did not compel him vindicated Paul's law-free gospel. This concrete example refutes the agitators' demand that Gentiles be circumcised.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Gal 5:2–6Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
- Acts 16:3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
- 1 Cor 9:20–21To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
- 2 Cor 2:13I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
- Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
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