Galatians 2:2 (WEB)

Passage

I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

Nearby Context

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

Galatians 2:2 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might 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.

Galatians 2:4 This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "revelation", "laid", "before", "good", "news", "preach", and "gentiles". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "revelation", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Then after a period of fourteen years..." into verse 3's "But not even Titus who was with...", so "went" and "revelation" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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