11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
11 Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line.
11 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;
11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Galatians 2:11
Commentary on Galatians 2:11-14
(Read Galatians 2:11-14)
Notwithstanding Peter's character, yet, when Paul saw him acting so as to hurt the truth of the gospel and the peace of the church, he was not afraid to reprove him. When he saw that Peter and the others did not live up to that principle which the gospel taught, and which they professed, namely, That by the death of Christ the partition wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and the observance of the law of Moses was no longer in force; as Peter's offence was public, he publicly reproved him. There is a very great difference between the prudence of St. Paul, who bore with, and used for a time, the ceremonies of the law as not sinful, and the timid conduct of St. Peter, who, by withdrawing from the Gentiles, led others to think that these ceremonies were necessary.