King James Version

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to Peter” (Κηφᾷ) before before here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “why” (πῶς) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to Peter” (Πέτρῳ) before before here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “why” (τί) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀλλ’allButἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.Butὅτεhotewhenὅτεconjunction — “when”G3753when, at which time.whenεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).I sawὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notὀρθοποδοῦσινorthopodousinuprightlyὀρθοποδέω (orthopodeō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “uprightly”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3716I walk in a straight course, walk uprightly.uprightlyπρὸςprosaccording toπρόςpreposition — “according to”G4314to, towards, with.according toτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀλήθειανalētheiantruthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “truth”, the object formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.the truthτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εὐαγγελίουeuangeliouof the gospelεὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the gospel”, the of-formG2098the good news of the coming of the Messiah, the gospel; the gen. after it expresses sometimes the giver (God), sometimes the subject (the Messiah, etc.), sometimes the human transmitter (an apostle).This verse uses “the gospel”.of the gospelεἶπονeiponto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).I saidτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Κηφᾷkēphaunto PeterΚηφᾶς (kēphas)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto Peter”, the to- or for-formG2786Cephas (Aramaic for rock), the new name given to Simon Peter, the apostle.unto Peterἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeπάντωνpantōnthem allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “them all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.them allΕἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouἸουδαῖοςioudaiosa JewἸουδαῖοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a Jew”, the subject formG2453Jewish.a Jewὑπάρχωνhuparchōnto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.ἐθνικῶςethnikōsafter the manner of Gentilesἐθνικῶςadverb — “after the manner of Gentiles”G1483in the manner of Gentiles, like the rest of the world.after the manner of Gentilesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἸουδαϊκῶςioudaikōsas do the JewsἸουδαϊκῶςadverb — “as do the Jews”G2452in the manner of Jews (religiously, ceremonially).as do the Jewsζῇςzēsto liveζάω (zaō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to live”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.πῶςpōswhyπῶςadverb — “why”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.whyτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēGentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Gentiles”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.the Gentilesἀναγκάζειςanankazeisto compelἀναγκάζω (anankazō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to compel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG315I force, compel, constrain, urge.This verse uses “compel”.Ἰουδαΐζεινioudaizeinto live as do the Jewsἰουδαΐζω (ioudaizō)verb, present active infinitive — “to live as do the Jews”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2450I live as a Jew (in religion, ceremonially).to live as do the Jews

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

Πέτρῳpetrōunto PeterΠέτρος (petros)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto Peter”, the to- or for-formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".τίtiwhyτίς (tis)particle — “why”G5101who, which, what, why.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, 'If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

Darby Translation

But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If thou , being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?

Douay-Rheims

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

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