Galatians

Galatians 2:3–4

³Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

⁴This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	ἀλλ’	all’	Conjunction	G235 but, except
not even	οὐδὲ	oude	Adverb	G3761 neither, nor, not even
Titus	Τίτος	Titos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5103 Titus
who	ὁ	ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
with	σὺν	syn	Preposition	G4862 with
me	ἐμοί	emoi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
was compelled	ἠναγκάσθη	ēnankasthē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G315 I force, compel
to be circumcised	περιτμηθῆναι	peritmēthēnai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive	G4059 I circumcise
he was	ὤν	ōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1510 I am, exist
a Greek	Ἕλλην	Hellēn	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1672 a Hellene, a Greek

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
because	διὰ	dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
false brothers	ψευδαδέλφους	pseudadelphous	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G5569 a false brother
had come in	παρεισῆλθον	pareisēlthon	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3922 I enter secretly
under false pretenses	παρεισάκτους	pareisaktous	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3920 brought in secretly
to spy on	κατασκοπῆσαι	kataskopēsai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G2684 I spy out, plot against
our	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
freedom	ἐλευθερίαν	eleutherian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1657 freedom, liberty
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
Christ	Χριστῷ	Christō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ
Jesus	Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G2424 Jesus
in order	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
to enslave	καταδουλώσουσιν	katadoulōsousin	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2615 I enslave
us	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Galatians 2:3 Acts 16:3 · Galatians 5:2–6 · 1 Corinthians 9:20–21 · 2 Corinthians 2:13

Galatians 2:4 Galatians 5:1 · Jude 1:4 · 2 Peter 2:1–2 · 1 John 4:1 · Galatians 5:12–13 · 2 Corinthians 11:26 · Galatians 4:3 · Galatians 4:9–10 · 2 Peter 2:19 · Psalm 119:45 · 2 Timothy 3:6 · Galatians 3:23–26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.