Galatians 2:11-12 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.… There are MSS. which are called palimpsests — MSS, written over again. The original inscription, which was fair and full of Divine wisdom, has been defaced, and in its place may now be seen letters and words and sentences in contrast to what was contained before. And so the character of men — these great men, men born of the Spirit — over their better natures you may see scratched in ugly scrawls, obvious imperfections and failures. But, thank God, Divine grace, through discipline of various kinds, rubs out the evil and brings back the good, and causes the soul at last to reveal again most distinctly what had been only dimmed and not destroyed, even as there has been discovered a method by which the palimpsests can be made to exhibit once more what seemed for ever spoiled. (J. Stoughton, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.WEB: But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned. |
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