Galatians 2:7-8

2:7 On the contrary, when they saw ¹  that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised ²  just as Peter was to the circumcised ³  2:8 (for he who empowered ⁴  Peter for his apostleship ⁵  to the circumcised ⁶  also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles) ⁷ 

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¹ tn The participle ἰδόντες (idontes) has been taken temporally to retain the structure of the passage. Many modern translations, because of the length of the sentence here, translate this participle as a finite verb and break the Greek sentences into several English sentences (NIV, for example, begins new sentences at the beginning of both vv. 8 and 9).

² tn Grk “to the uncircumcision,” that is, to the Gentiles.

³ tn Grk “to the circumcision,” a collective reference to the Jewish people.

⁴ tn Or “worked through”; the same word is also used in relation to Paul later in this verse.

⁵ tn Or “his ministry as an apostle.”

⁶ tn Grk “to the circumcision,” i.e., the Jewish people.

⁷ tn Grk “also empowered me to the Gentiles.”