Galatia 2:3

2:3 Yet ¹  not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

Galatia 2:8

2:8 (for he who empowered ²  Peter for his apostleship ³  to the circumcised ⁴  also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles) ⁵ 

Galatia 5:1-3

Freedom of the Believer

5:1 For freedom ⁶  Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke ⁷  of slavery. 5:2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! 5:3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey ⁸  the whole law.

Galatia 5:6

5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love. ⁹ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “But,” translated here as “Yet” for stylistic reasons (note the use of “but” in v. 2).

[2:8]  ² tn Or “worked through”; the same word is also used in relation to Paul later in this verse.

[2:8]  ³ tn Or “his ministry as an apostle.”

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “to the circumcision,” i.e., the Jewish people.

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “also empowered me to the Gentiles.”

[5:1]  ⁶ tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.

[5:1]  ⁷ sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.

[5:3]  ⁸ tn Or “keep”; or “carry out”; Grk “do.”

[5:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “but faith working through love.”