Galatians 2:1 (ASV)

Passage

Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

Nearby Context

Galatians 2:1 Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

Galatians 2:3 But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "space", "fourteen", "years", "went", "again", "jerusalem", and "barnabas". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "space", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And I went up by revelation and...", so "after" and "space" should be read forward into that movement. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "space" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.