1. Galates 2:6 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

What does Paul mean by saying that those who seemed influential added nothing to him?

Galates 2:6 (NEG79)

6 Ceux qui sont les plus considérés quels qu'ils aient été jadis, cela ne m'importe pas: Dieu ne fait point de favoritisme ceux qui sont les plus considérés ne m'imposèrent rien.

With this phrase Paul confirms that salvation does not require law-keeping on the part of the believer.1 The leaders in Jerusalem agreed with Paul that circumcision is not necessary for salvation. They added nothing to the message that he had been proclaiming.2 They agreed with Paul and not with the Judaizers.