Galatians 2:14-15
2:14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas 1 in front of them all, “If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force 2 the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Jews and Gentiles are Justified by Faith
2:15 We are Jews by birth 3 and not Gentile sinners, 4
1 sn Cephas. This individual is generally identified with the Apostle Peter (L&N 93.211).
2 tn Here ἀναγκάζεις (anankazei") has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).
3 tn Grk “by nature.”
4 tn Grk “and not sinners from among the Gentiles.”