Galatians 2:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

Galatians 2:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:15
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts 22:21
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Acts 19:11-12
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: …
Acts 15:12
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Acts 2:14-41
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

It should seem, by the account Paul gives of himself in this chapter, that, from the very first preaching and planting of Christianity, there was a difference of apprehension between those Christians who had first been Jews and those who had first been Gentiles. Many of those who had first been Jews retained a regard to the ceremonial law, and strove to keep up the reputation of that; but those wh…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. he--God (1Co 12:6). wrought effectually--that is, made the preached word efficacious to conversion, not only by sensible miracles, but by the secret mighty power of the Holy Ghost. in Peter--Ellicott and others, translate, “For Peter.” Grotius translates as English Version. to--with a view to. was mighty--Translate as before, the Greek being the same, “wrought effectually.” in me--“for (or ‘in’…