Gal 2:7 | NETfull | STEP | On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised

Galatians 2:7

7 On the contrary, when they saw ^{▼▼ The participle ἰδόντες (idontes) has been taken temporally to retain the structure of the passage. Many modern translations, because of the length of the sentence here, translate this participle as a finite verb and break the Greek sentences into several English sentences (NIV, for example, begins new sentences at the beginning of both vv. 8 and 9).} that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised ^{▼▼ Grk “to the uncircumcision,” that is, to the Gentiles.} just as Peter was to the circumcised ^{▼▼ Grk “to the circumcision,” a collective reference to the Jewish people.}