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tN 2068 Galatians 02 General Notes

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#### Special concepts in this chapter ####
##### Freedom and slavery #####
##### Circumcised and uncircumcised #####
The law of Moses required Jewish males to be circumcised. The Jews called Gentiles "the uncircumcised."
Throughout this letter, Paul contrasts freedom and slavery. The Christian is free in Christ to do many different things. But the Christian who attempts to follow the law of Moses needs to follow the whole law. Paul describes trying to follow the law as a type of slavery. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]])
##### Slavery and freedom #####
Paul introduces these ideas in Galatians 2:4. He uses the metaphor of slavery for people who are obligated to obey the law of Moses. He uses the metaphor of freedom, or liberty, for people who are not obligated to obey the law of Moses because they trust in Jesus Christ to make them righteous.
#### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter ####
##### The false brothers #####
When Paul said that false brothers wanted to make the believers slaves, he was referring to Jews who claimed to be Christians and who wanted to convince Gentile Christians to obey the law of Moses.
##### "I do not negate the grace of God" #####
Paul teaches that if Christians attempt to follow the law of Moses, they are in error and do not understand the grace God has shown to them. Paul uses the words "I do not set aside the grace of God" as a type of hypothetical situation. The purpose of this statement could be seen as, "If you could be saved by following the law, then it would negate the grace of God." (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/grace]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
##### The hypocrisy of Cephas #####
Jews normally did not eat with Gentiles because Gentiles did not obey the law of Moses. Cephas knew that Gentile Christians are not obligated to obey the law of Moses, and because of this, he knew that it was permissible to eat with them. However, when some men came saying that Gentile Christians are obligated to obey the law, Cephas stopped eating with the Gentiles Christians, as if he, too, believed that they need to obey the law of Moses. Paul rebuked Cephas for treating the Gentile Christians like that.
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