“Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.”
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do. — the Jerusalem condition (alms for the poor) is consistent with Paul's own impulse ('spoudazō' — to be zealous), indicating no fundamental discord despite emerging tensions.
Church Fathers on Galatians 2:10
“Only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.” This is his meaning: In our preaching we divided the world between us, I took the Gentiles and they the Jews, according to the Divine decree; but to the sustenance of the poor among the Jews I also contributed my share, which, had there been any dissension between us, they would not have accepted. Next, who were these poor persons? Many of the believing Jews in Palestine had been…
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