Gálatas 2:7

7 Al contrario, ellos comprendieron que Dios me había dado la responsabilidad de predicar el evangelio a los gentiles tal como le había dado a Pedro la responsabilidad de predicar a los judíos.

Gálatas 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 2:7

But contrariwise, when they saw that the Gospel
James, Cephas, and John, were so far from blaming or correcting anything in the apostle's ministry, or adding anything to it, that they highly approved of it; and as a token of their agreement with him and Barnabas, gave them the right hand of fellowship: the reasons of their so doing are inserted here, and in the following verse, and in the next to that: the reason here given is, because

they saw that the Gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto
me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was to Peter;
by "the uncircumcision and circumcision" are meant the Gentiles and Jews; see ( rom 2:26 rom 2:27 ) ( 3:30 ) by the Gospel of the one, and the Gospel of the other, two Gospels are not designed, for there is but one Gospel, and not another. Paul did not preach one Gospel unto the uncircumcised Gentiles, and Peter another to the circumcised Jews; but the same Gospel was preached by both, and is so called with respect to the different persons to whom it was preached by these apostles. The Apostle Paul was ordained a minister of the Gentiles, and he chiefly preached among them, though not to them only. Peter was principally employed among the Jews, though also as he had opportunity he sometimes preached to the Gentiles: however, the subject of both their ministrations was the Gospel, which is said to be "committed" to them, as a trust deposited in their hands, not by man, but by God; the management of which required both prudence and faithfulness, and which were eminently seen in these good stewards of the mysteries of God. This being observed by the apostles at Jerusalem, they came into an agreement that one part should discharge their ministry among the Gentiles, and the other among the Jews.

Gálatas 2:7 In-Context

5 pero no nos doblegamos ante ellos ni por un solo instante. Queríamos preservar la verdad del mensaje del evangelio para ustedes.

6 Los líderes de la iglesia no tenían nada que agregar a lo que yo predicaba. (Dicho sea de paso, su fama de grandes líderes a mí no me afectó para nada, porque Dios no tiene favoritos).

7 Al contrario, ellos comprendieron que Dios me había dado la responsabilidad de predicar el evangelio a los gentiles tal como le había dado a Pedro la responsabilidad de predicar a los judíos.

8 Pues el mismo Dios que actuaba por medio de Pedro, apóstol a los judíos, también actuaba por medio de mí, apóstol a los gentiles.

9 De hecho, Santiago, Pedro
y Juan —quienes eran considerados pilares de la iglesia— reconocieron el don que Dios me había dado y nos aceptaron a Bernabé y a mí como sus colegas. Nos animaron a seguir predicando a los gentiles mientras ellos continuaban su tarea con los judíos.