12 Now I mean this, that (A)each one of you is saying, “I am [a]with Paul,” [b]or “I am [c]with (B)Apollos,” [d]or “I am [e]with [f](C)Cephas,” [g]or “I am [h]with Christ.”

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12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”;(A) another, “I follow Apollos”;(B) another, “I follow Cephas[a]”;(C) still another, “I follow Christ.”

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter

22 (A)whether Paul or Apollos or [a]Cephas, or the world or (B)life or death, or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:22 Peter’s Aramaic name

22 whether Paul or Apollos(A) or Cephas[a](B) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(C)—all are yours,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter

[a](A)Do we not have a right to take along a [b]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the (B)brothers of the Lord, and [c](C)Cephas?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it?
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as a wife
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Peter’s Aramaic name

Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(A) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(B) and Cephas[a]?(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter

and that (A)He appeared to [a](B)Cephas, then (C)to the twelve.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:5 Peter’s Aramaic name

and that he appeared to Cephas,[a](A) and then to the Twelve.(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter

18 Then (A)three years later I went up (B)to Jerusalem to [a]become acquainted with [b](C)Cephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days.

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  1. Galatians 1:18 Or visit
  2. Galatians 1:18 I.e., Peter

18 Then after three years,(A) I went up to Jerusalem(B) to get acquainted with Cephas[a] and stayed with him fifteen days.

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  1. Galatians 1:18 That is, Peter

and recognizing (A)the grace that had been given to me, [a](B)James and [b](C)Cephas and John, who were (D)reputed to be (E)pillars, gave to me and (F)Barnabas the (G)right [c]hand of fellowship, so that we might (H)go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 Or Jacob
  2. Galatians 2:9 I.e., Peter
  3. Galatians 2:9 Lit hands

James,(A) Cephas[a](B) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(C) gave me and Barnabas(D) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(E) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(F) and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14

Peter (Cephas) Opposed by Paul

11 But when (A)Cephas came to (B)Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he [a]stood condemned.

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  1. Galatians 2:11 Or was to be condemned; lit was one who was condemned; or was self-condemned

Paul Opposes Cephas

11 When Cephas(A) came to Antioch,(B) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

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14 But when I saw that they (A)were not [a]straightforward about (B)the truth of the gospel, I said to (C)Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, (D)live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?[b]

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  1. Galatians 2:14 Or progressing toward; lit walking straightly
  2. Galatians 2:14 Some close the direct quotation here, others extend it through v 21

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(A) I said to Cephas(B) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(C) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(D)

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