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Commentary upon the Epistle to the Galatians
A commentary of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galatians first collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching, and now out of Latin faithfully translated into English for the unlearned. Wherein is set forth most excellently the glorious riches of Gods grace ...A commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther vpon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians first collected and gathered vvord by vvord out of his preaching, and novv out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the vnlearned. Wherein is set forth most excellently the glorious riches of Gods grace ...
London: printed by Thomas Vautroullier dwelling wihtin sic, 1575London: printed by Thomas Vautroullier dvvelling vvihtin sic, 1575
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse. 14. I said unto Peter openly: If thou being a Jew livest as the Gentiles and not as the Jews, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to do like the Jews.
Verse. 14. I said vnto Peter openly: If thou being a Ievve liuest as the Gentiles and not as the Ievves, vvhy constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Ievves.
That is to wit,1 thou art a Jew and therefore art bound to live like a Jew, that is, to abstain from meats forbidden in the law. Notwithstanding thou livest like a Gentile: that is to say, thou doest contrary to the law and transgressest the law. For as a Gentile which is free from the law, thou eatest common & unclean meats, & therein thou doest well. But in that thou being afraid at the presence of the brethren converted from the Jewish religion, abstainest from meats forbidden in the law and keepest the law, thou compellest the Jews likewise to keep the law: that is, thou constrainest them of necessity to observe the law. ⟨image 64⟩For in that thou abstainest from profane meats, thou givest occasion to the Gentiles thus to think: Peter abstaineth from those meats which the Gentiles use to eat, which also he himself before did eat, therefore we ought likewise to avoid the same, and to live after the man ner of the Jews:2 otherwise we can not be justified or saved. We see then that Paul reproveth not ignorance in Peter, (for he knew that he might freely eat with the Gentiles all manner of meats,) but dissimulation, whereby he compelled the Gentiles to live like the Jews.
That is to witte,1 thou art a Iewe and therfore art bound to liue like a Iewe, that is, to abstaine from meates forbidden in the law. Notwithstanding thou liuest like a Gentile: that is to say, thou doest contrary to the law and transgressest the law. For as a Gentile which is free frō ye law, thou eatest common & vncleane meates, & therin thou doest well. But in that thou being afraid at the presence of the brethren conuerted from the Iewish religion, abstainest from meates forbidden in the law and keepest the law, thou compellest the Iewes likewise to keepe the law: that is, thou constrainest them of necessitie to obserue the law.