We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
Parallel translations
- WEB to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
- KJV To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
- NKJV to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
- NASB But we did not yield in subjection to them, even for an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
- NLT But we refused to give in to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for you.
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Quick answer
Paul refused to yield to them even briefly, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with the Galatians. He would not compromise on the heart of the message.
Overview
Paul's firm resistance was driven by pastoral love, protecting the gospel for the very churches he now writes. To have given way, even for an hour, would have surrendered 'the truth of the Good News.' His stand shows that some matters of doctrine are non-negotiable for the church's good.
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- Gal 4:16Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
- Gal 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- Eph 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
- Col 1:5the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
- Gal 3:1–2O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
- Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- Col 2:4–8I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
- Acts 15:2And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- 1 Th 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
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