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Paul and Peter
How Paul and Peter are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Paul and Peter met.
Paul writes that he went up to Jerusalem "to see Peter" and stayed fifteen days, and that Peter, James and John later gave him and Barnabas "the right hands of fellowship". In Acts, the council heard Peter, then Barnabas and Paul.
I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days
Galatians 1:18, King James Version
fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem
Galatians 2:1, King James Version
James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship
Galatians 2:9, King James Version
Peter rose up, and said unto them
Acts 15:7, King James Version
gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them
Acts 15:12, King James Version
Where they cross: Acts 15:7-12
Paul confronted Peter.
At Antioch Peter ate with the Gentiles, then withdrew when men came from James, "fearing them which were of the circumcision". Paul "withstood him to the face" and spoke to him "before them all".
I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed
Galatians 2:11, King James Version
he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision
Galatians 2:12, King James Version
I said unto Peter before them all
Galatians 2:14, King James Version
Where they cross: Galatians 2:11-14
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 15:7-12
7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Galatians 1:18
18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
Galatians 2:1
1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Galatians 2:9
9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Galatians 2:11-14
11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
13And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
King James Version