Quotes about Cephas
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
- John 1:42
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
- 1 Corinthians 3:22
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
- 1 Corinthians 15:5
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
- Galatians 1:18
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
- Galatians 2:11
When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- Galatians 2:14
Racial and ethnic segragtion is a gospel issue! Cephas' fear and wihdrawal from fellowship across ethnic lines was "not in step with the truth of the gospel." Christ had died to tear down this wall.
- John Piper