“But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:”
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. — Titus becomes the test case: his uncircumcised status was not challenged by James, Peter, and John, demonstrating that the Jerusalem apostles endorsed Paul's law-free gospel for Gentiles.
Church Fathers on Galatians 2:3
“But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.” What means, “being a Greek?” Of Greek extraction, and not circumcised; for not only did I so preach but Titus so acted, nor did the Apostles compel him to be circumcised. A plain proof this that the Apostles did not condemn Paul's doctrine or his practice. Nay more, even the urgent representations of the adverse party, who were aware of these facts, did not oblige the Apostles to enjoin…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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