Galatians 2:8

New Living Translation

For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.

King James Version (1611)
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the Apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mightie in me towards the Gentiles.)

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

English Standard Version
(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

New American Standard Bible
(for He who was at work for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised was at work for me also to the Gentiles),

New Century Version
God gave Peter the power to work as an apostle for the Jewish people. But he also gave me the power to work as an apostle for those who are not Jews.

Amplified Bible
(for He who worked effectively for Peter and empowered him in his ministry to the Jews also worked effectively for me and empowered me in my ministry to the Gentiles).

New American Standard Bible (1995)
(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),

Legacy Standard Bible
(for He who worked in Peter unto his apostleship to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles),

Berean Standard Bible
For God, who was at work in Peter's apostleship to the Jews, was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

Contemporary English Version
God, who had sent Peter on a mission to the Jews, was now using me to preach to the Gentiles.

Complete Jewish Bible
since the One working in Kefa to make him an emissary to the Circumcised had worked in me to make me an emissary to the Gentiles.

Darby Translation
(for he that wrought in Peter for [the] apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)

Easy-to-Read Version
God gave Peter the power to work as an apostle for the Jewish people. God gave me the power to work as an apostle too, but for those who are not Jews.

Geneva Bible (1587)
(For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

George Lamsa Translation
(For he who made Cephas vigorous in the apostleship of the circumcision, has also made me mighty in the apostleship of the Gentiles:)

Good News Translation
For by God's power I was made an apostle to the Gentiles, just as Peter was made an apostle to the Jews.

Lexham English Bible
(for the one who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),

Literal Translation
(for He working in Peter to an apostleship of the circumcision, also worked in me to the nations),

American Standard Version
(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

Bible in Basic English
(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

Hebrew Names Version
(for he who appointed Kefa to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Goyim);

International Standard Version
For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the Gentiles.Acts 9:15; 13:2; 22:21; 26:17-18; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 1:16; 3:5; Colossians 1:29;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
---for he who wrought effectually with Kipha for the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought effectually also with me for the apostleship of the Gentiles;

Murdock Translation
For he that was operative with Cephas in the legateship of the circumcision, was also operative with me in the legateship of the Gentiles.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles)

English Revised Version
(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

World English Bible
(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought likewise effectually in me toward the Gentiles:

Weymouth's New Testament
for He who had been at work within Peter with a view to his Apostleship to the Jews had also been at work within me with a view to my Apostleship to the Gentiles--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for he that wrouyte to Petre in apostlehed of circumcisioun, wrouyte also to me among the hethene;

Update Bible Version
(for he that worked for Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision worked for me also to the Gentiles);

Webster's Bible Translation
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me towards the Gentiles:)

New English Translation
(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

New King James Version
(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),

New Life Bible
For God helped Peter work with the Jews. He also helped me work with those who are not Jews.

New Revised Standard
(for he who worked through Peter making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me in sending me to the Gentiles),

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, he that energised in Peter, into an apostleship to the circumcision, energised also in me, for the nations, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
(For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision wrought in me also among the Gentiles.)

Revised Standard Version
(for he who worked through Peter for the mission to the circumcised worked through me also for the Gentiles),

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
for he yt was myghty in Peter in the Apostleshippe over the circumcision the same was myghty in me amoge the gentyls:

Young's Literal Translation
for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen)

Mace New Testament (1729)
(for he that had wrought powerfully in Peter with respect to his apostleship among the Jews, had also wrought powerfully in me upon account of the Gentiles:) and when James,

Simplified Cowboy Version
The same Boss who worked through Pete is the same Boss who worked through me.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then fourteen years later I went back to Jerusalem again, this time with Barnabas; and Titus came along, too. ² I went there because God revealed to me that I should go. While I was there I met privately with those considered to be leaders of the church and shared with them the message I had been preaching to the Gentiles. I wanted to make sure that we were in agreement, for fear that all my efforts had been wasted and I was running the race for nothing. ³ And they supported me and did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile. ⁴ Even that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false ones, really—who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and force us to follow their Jewish regulations. ⁵ But we refused to give in to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for you. ⁶ And the leaders of the church had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.) ⁷ Instead, they saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews. ⁸ For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles. ⁹ In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews. ¹⁰ Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Acts 1:8, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 3:12-26, Acts 4:4, Acts 5:12-16, Acts 8:17

the same: Galatians 3:5, Acts 9:15, Acts 13:2-11, Acts 14:3-11, Acts 15:12, Acts 19:11, Acts 19:12, Acts 19:26, Acts 21:19, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, 1 Corinthians 1:5-7, 1 Corinthians 9:2, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 2 Corinthians 11:4, 2 Corinthians 11:5, Colossians 1:29

Reciprocal: Acts 16:3 - and took Romans 1:5 - apostleship Romans 12:3 - I say Romans 15:16 - I should Romans 15:18 - which 1 Corinthians 1:1 - called 1 Corinthians 9:1 - I not an Ephesians 3:2 - the dispensation Ephesians 3:7 - by Ephesians 3:8 - I Philippians 1:17 - that Colossians 1:25 - according Colossians 4:11 - who 1 Timothy 3:16 - preached 2 Peter 1:1 - an apostle

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:24
After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:16
So Cain left the Lord 's presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 13:10
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!

Isaiah 51:3
The Lord will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord . Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

Ezekiel 27:23
"Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.

Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone— red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald— all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created.

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he that wrought effectually in Peter,.... The Syriac version renders it, "he who exhorted Peter to"; the Arabic version is, "he who strengthened Peter in"; the Spirit of God is meant, who filled Peter with such eminent gifts, and inspired him with so much zeal and resolution

to the apostleship of circumcision, to discharge his office as an apostle among the Jews; and who wrought by him such wonderful works for the confirmation of it, as curing the man that was lame from his birth, striking Ananias and Sapphira dead for telling lies, and raising Dorcas from the dead, and communicating miraculous gifts by the imposition of his hands; and which same Spirit also made his ministrations effectual to the conversion of a large number of souls, as of three thousand by one sermon.

The same was mighty in me towards the Gentiles. The Spirit of God wrought as effectually in, and by him, as in Peter; filled him with extraordinary gifts for the discharge of his work among the Gentiles, and inspired him with equal zeal, constancy, and intrepidity of mind; wrought as many miracles by him to confirm his mission; such as striking blind Elymas the sorcerer, healing the cripple at Lystra, raising Eutychus from the dead, with many other signs and wonders wrought by him among the Gentiles, through the power of the Spirit of God, whereby they became obedient by word and deed. The same Spirit also accompanied the Gospel preached by him, to the conversion of multitudes, by which means many famous churches were founded and raised among the Gentiles; and this is another reason which induced the apostles at Jerusalem to take Paul and Barnabas into an association with them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he that wrought effectually in Peter ... - Or by the means or agency of Peter. The argument here is, that the same effects had been produced under the ministry of Paul among the Gentiles which had been under the preaching of Peter among the Jews. It is inferred, therefore, that God had called both to the apostolic office; see this argument illustrated in the notes at Acts 11:17.

The same was mighty in me ... - In enabling me to work miracles, and in the success which attended the ministry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 8. For he that wrought effectually — Ὁ ενεργησας Πετρῳ, ενηργησε και εμοι· He who wrought powerfully with Peter, wrought powerfully also with me. He gave us both those talents which were suited to our work, and equal success in our different departments.