8要明白什么叫作担负真理，我们可以思考保罗在加拉太二章十一至十四节的榜样。保罗看见彼得退去，隔离自己，不和外邦人一同吃饭，这违反了福音的真理。……和彼得相比，保罗是个年轻的使徒。然而，保罗看见彼得所作的违反真理。如果我们站在保罗的地位，可能不会斥责彼得。……然而，保罗却写说，“矶法来到安提阿的时候，因他有可定罪之处，我就当面抵挡他。”（11）保罗斥责彼得，因为彼得虽然比较年长、老练，但那时彼得没有按照真理而行。因此，保罗是这样担负了真理；他是真理的柱石和根基。
8To understand what it means to bear the truth, we may consider the example of Paul in Galatians 2:11-14. Peter’s shrinking back from eating with the Gentiles was contrary to the truth of the gospel, and Paul saw this...Compared to Peter, Paul was a young apostle. However, Paul saw that Peter did something contrary to the truth. Perhaps if we had been in Paul’s place, we would not have rebuked Peter...Paul, however, wrote, “When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned” (v. 11). Paul rebuked Peter, for although Peter was older and more experienced, at that instant Peter was doing something that was not according to the truth. Paul was thus bearing the truth; he was a pillar and base of the truth.