Galatians 2:10

Amplified Bible

They asked only [one thing], that we remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I had made every effort to do.

King James Version (1611)
Onely they would that wee should remember the poore, the same which I also was forward to doe.

King James Version
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

English Standard Version
Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

New American Standard Bible
They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

New Century Version
The only thing they asked us was to remember to help the poor—something I really wanted to do.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

Legacy Standard Bible
Only they asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

Berean Standard Bible
They only asked us to be mindful of the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Contemporary English Version
They only asked us to remember the poor, and that was something I had always been eager to do.

Complete Jewish Bible
Their only request was that we should remember the poor — which very thing I have spared no pains to do.

Darby Translation
only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

Easy-to-Read Version
They asked us to do only one thing—to remember to help those who are poor. And this was something that I really wanted to do.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

George Lamsa Translation
Only they would that we should remember the poor; and that I have endeavored to do.

Good News Translation
All they asked was that we should remember the needy in their group, which is the very thing I have been eager to do.

Lexham English Bible
They asked only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

Literal Translation
only that we might remember the poor, which same thing I was eager to do.

American Standard Version
only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Bible in Basic English
Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

Hebrew Names Version
They only asked us to remember the poor -- which very thing I was also zealous to do.

International Standard Version
The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.Acts 11:30; 24:17; Romans 15:25; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 8:1-13; 9:1-27;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
only (requiring) that of the poor we should be mindful; and I have been solicitous to do this same thing.

Murdock Translation
10 Only [fn] that we would be mindful of the needy; and I was solicitous to do the same.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same.

English Revised Version
only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

World English Bible
They only asked us to remember the poor -- which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
the same which I also was forward to do.

Weymouth's New Testament
Only they urged that we should remember their poor--a thing which was uppermost in my own mind.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
oneli that we hadde mynde of pore men `of Crist, the which thing Y was ful bisi to doon.

Update Bible Version
only [they wanted] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Webster's Bible Translation
Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

New English Translation
They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

New King James Version
They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

New Living Translation
Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.

New Life Bible
They asked us to do only one thing. We were to remember to help poor people. I think this is important also.

New Revised Standard
They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Only that we should remember, the destitute, - as to which I had given diligence, this very thing, to do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also I was careful to do.

Revised Standard Version
only they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
warnynge only that we shulde remember the poore. Which thinge also I was diligent to do.

Young's Literal Translation
only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
onely that we shulde remebre the poore, which thinge also I was diligent to do.

Mace New Testament (1729)
only they recommended to us to get collections for the poor in Judea: which I was very careful to do.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The only suggestion they made was that we keep looking after the poor. But we were already doing that and weren't going to stop.

Contextual Overview

¹Then after a period of fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem, [this time] with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. ²I went up [to Jerusalem] because of a [divine] revelation, and I put before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so in private before those of reputation, for fear that I might be running or had run [the course of my ministry] in vain. ³But [all went well, for] not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled [as some had anticipated] to be circumcised, despite the fact that he was a Greek. ⁴My concern was because of the false brothers [those people masquerading as Christians] who had been secretly smuggled in [to the community of believers]. They had slipped in to spy on the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back into bondage [under the Law of Moses]. ⁵But we did not yield to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would continue to remain with you [in its purity]. ⁶But from those who were of high reputation (whatever they were—in terms of individual importance—makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality—He is not impressed with the positions that people hold nor does He recognize distinctions such as fame or power)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me [that is, they had nothing to add to my gospel message nor did they impose any new requirements on me]. ⁷But on the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised (Gentiles), just as Peter had been [entrusted to proclaim the gospel] to the circumcised (Jews); ⁸(for He who worked effectively for Peter and empowered him in his ministry to the Jews also worked effectively for me and empowered me in my ministry to the Gentiles). ⁹And recognizing the grace [that God had] bestowed on me, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars [of the Jerusalem church], gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we could go to the Gentiles [with their blessing] and they to the circumcised (Jews). ¹⁰They asked only [one thing], that we remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

Bible Verse Review
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that: Acts 11:29, Acts 11:30, Acts 24:17, Romans 15:25-27, 1 Corinthians 16:1, 1 Corinthians 16:2, 2 Corinthians 8:1 - 2 Corinthians 9:15, Hebrews 13:16, James 2:15, James 2:16, 1 John 3:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:35 - then Esther 9:22 - sending portions Job 31:16 - withheld Psalms 41:1 - Blessed Matthew 6:2 - when Matthew 26:11 - ye have John 12:6 - not John 13:29 - that 2 Corinthians 8:4 - the ministering Galatians 2:6 - in

Cross-References

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Christ),

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only they would that we should remember the poor,.... Not in a spiritual sense, as some have thought, though these the apostle was greatly mindful of; but properly and literally the poor as to the things of this world; and may design the poor in general, everywhere, in the several churches where they should be called to minister, and particularly the poor saints at Jerusalem; who were become such, either through the frequent calamities of the nation, and a dearth or scarcity of provisions among them, and which affected the whole country; or rather through the persecutions of their countrymen, who plundered them of their goods for professing the name of Christ; or it may be through their having given up all their substance into one common stock and fund, as they did at first, and which was now exhausted, and that in a great measure by assisting out of it the preachers who first spread the Gospel among the Gentiles; so that it was but just that they should make some return unto them, and especially for the spiritual favours they received from them, as the Gospel, and the ministers of it, which first went out of Jerusalem: the "remembering" of them not only intends giving them actual assistance according to their abilities, which was very small, but mentioning their case to the several Gentile churches, and stirring them up to a liberal contribution:

the same which I also was forward to do; as abundantly appears from his epistles to the churches, and especially from his two epistles to the Corinthians. Now since the apostles at Jerusalem desired nothing else but this, and said not a word concerning the observance of the rites and ceremonies of the law, and neither found fault with, nor added to the Gospel the apostle communicated to them, it was a clear case that there was an entire agreement between them, in principle and practice, and that he did not receive his Gospel from them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Only they would that we should remember the poor - That is, as I suppose, the poor Christians in Judea. It can hardly be supposed that it would be necessary to make this an express stipulation in regard to the converts from among the Gentiles, and it would not have been very pertinent to the case before them to have done so. The object was, to bind together the Christians from among the pagan and from among the Jews, and to prevent alienation and unkind feeling. It might have been alleged that Paul was disposed to forget his own countrymen altogether; that he regarded himself as so entirely the apostle of the Gentiles that he would become wholly alienated from those who were his “kinsmen according to the flesh,” and thus it might be apprehended that unpleasant feelings would be engendered among those who had been converted from among the Jews. Now nothing could be better adapted to allay this than for him to pledge himself to feel a deep interest in the poor saints among the Jewish converts; to remember them in his prayers; and to endeavor to secure contributions for their needs.

Thus he would show that he was not alienated from his countrymen; and thus the whole church would be united in the closest bonds. It is probable that the Christians in Judea were at that time suffering the ills of poverty arising either from some public persecution, or from the fact that they were subject to the displeasure of their countrymen. All who know the special feelings of the Jews at that time in regard to Christians, must see at once that many of the followers of Jesus of Nazareth would be subjected to great inconveniences on account of their attachment to him. Many a wife might be disowned by her husband; many a child disinherited by a parent; many a man might be thrown out of employment by the fact that others would not countenance him; and hence, many of the Christians would be poor. It became, therefore, an object of special importance to provide for them; and hence, this is so often referred to in the New Testament. In addition to this, the church in Judea was afflicted with famine; compare Acts 11:30; Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7.

The same which I also was forward to do - See the passages just referred to. Paul interested himself much in the collection for the poor saints at Jerusalem, and in this way he furnished the fullest evidence that he was not alienated from them, but that he felt the deepest interest in those who were his kindred. One of the proper ways of securing union in the church is to have the poor with them and depending on them for support; and hence, every church has some poor persons as one of the bonds of union. The best way to unite all Christians, and to prevent alienation, and jealousy, and strife, is to have a great common object of charity, in which all are interested and to which all may contribute. Such a common object for all Christians is a sinful world. All who bear the Christian name may unite in promoting its salvation, and nothing would promote union in the now divided and distracted church of Christ like a deep and common interest in the salvation of all mankind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Only they would that we should remember the poor — They saw plainly that God had as expressly called Barnabas and me to go to the Gentiles as he had called them to preach to the Jews; and they did not attempt to give us any new injunctions, only wished us to remember the poor in Judea; but this was a thing to which we were previously disposed.