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Fourteen years later
I went up again to Jerusalem ,
accompanied
by
Barnabas .
I
took Titus along
also.
Then
fourteen years after
I went up again to Jerusalem with
Barnabas ,
and
took Titus with
me
also.
I went in
response
to
a
revelation and set
before
them the
gospel
that I preach among the Gentiles .
But I
spoke
privately to those
recognized
as
leaders
, for
fear
that
I was
running
or had already
run in vain.
And
I went up
by
revelation ,
and communicated
unto
them that gospel
which
I preach among the Gentiles ,
but privately to them
which
were
of
reputation
, lest
by
any
means
I should
run,
or had run ,
in vain.
Yet
not
even
Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised ,
even
though
he
was
a
Greek.
But
neither
Titus, who was with me, being
a
Greek,
was compelled to be circumcised :
This
issue
arose
because some
false brothers
had
come
in under
false
pretenses
to spy on
our freedom
in Christ Jesus, in
order
to
enslave
us .
And
that
because of
false brethren
unawares
brought
in ,
who
came
in
privily
to spy out
our liberty
which
we
have
in Christ Jesus, that
they
might
bring
us into
bondage:
We did
not give
in
to
them
for a
moment,
so
that the truth of the gospel would
remain
with you.
To
whom
we gave
place
by
subjection,
no,
not for an
hour;
that the truth of the gospel might
continue
with you.
But as
for
the
highly
esteemed—whatever
they were makes
no difference
to me ;
God does
not
show
favoritism
—those
leaders
added nothing to me .
But of
these
who
seemed
to
be
somewhat,
(whatsoever
they were ,
it
maketh
no matter
to me :
God accepteth
no
man's
person:)
for
they
who
seemed
to
be
somewhat
in
conference
added nothing to me :
On
the
contrary
, they saw that I
had
been
entrusted
to
preach
the gospel to
the uncircumcised
, just
as Peter
had
been
to
the circumcised.
But
contrariwise
, when
they saw that the gospel of
the uncircumcision
was
committed
unto
me
, as the gospel
of
the
circumcision
was
unto
Peter;
For the
One
who
was
at
work
in Peter’s
apostleship
to the circumcised
was also
at
work
in my
apostleship
to
the Gentiles .
(
For he
that
wrought
effectually
in Peter
to the apostleship
of
the
circumcision,
the
same
was mighty
in me
toward
the Gentiles :)
And recognizing
the
grace
that
I
had
been
given,
James, Cephas, and John —those
reputed
to be pillars —
gave me and Barnabas the right hand
of fellowship ,
so
that we should go to
the Gentiles
, and they to
the circumcised
.
And when
James, Cephas, and John ,
who
seemed
to be pillars ,
perceived
the
grace
that
was
given
unto
me,
they
gave to
me and Barnabas the right hands
of fellowship ;
that we should go unto
the heathen
, and they unto
the circumcision
.
They
only asked
us
to
remember the poor ,
the very
thing
I was eager
to do.
Only they
would
that
we
should
remember the poor ;
the same
which
I also
was forward
to do.
When Cephas
came
to Antioch, however,
I opposed
him to his
face, because he stood
to be condemned
.
But
when Peter
was
come
to Antioch, I withstood
him to the
face, because he was
to be blamed
.
For before certain men
came from James, he used
to
eat with the Gentiles .
But when they arrived
, he began
to
draw
back
and separate
himself, for
fear
of those
in
the circumcision group
.
For before that
certain came from James, he did
eat with the Gentiles :
but when they were
come
, he withdrew
and separated
himself, fearing
them
which
were
of the circumcision.
The other Jews joined
him in
his
hypocrisy,
so
that by
their
hypocrisy
even
Barnabas was led
astray
.
And
the other Jews dissembled
likewise
with
him ;
insomuch
that Barnabas also
was carried
away
with
their
dissimulation
.
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? ”
But
when I saw that they walked
not uprightly
according
to
the truth of the gospel, I said unto
Peter
before
them all, If thou
, being
a Jew, livest
after
the
manner
of
Gentiles,
and not as
do
the
Jews
, why
compellest
thou
the Gentiles to live as
do
the
Jews?
We who are Jews by birth
and not Gentile
“
sinners ”
We who are Jews by nature,
and not sinners of
the
Gentiles,
know
that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in
Jesus Christ .
So
we
, too,
have believed in Christ
Jesus, that we may
be justified by faith in
Christ and not by works of the law ,
because
by works of the law no one
will
be justified.
Knowing
that a man is not justified by the
works of the law, but by the
faith of
Jesus Christ, even
we
have believed in Jesus Christ
, that we might
be justified by the
faith of
Christ ,
and not by the
works of the law :
for
by the
works of the law shall
no flesh
be justified.
But if, while we seek to be justified in
Christ, we ourselves are found to
be
sinners, does
that
make
Christ a
minister of sin? Certainly
not!
But if, while we seek to be justified by
Christ, we ourselves also
are found sinners, is
therefore
Christ the
minister of sin? God
forbid.
If I rebuild
what
I have
already
torn
down
, I prove
myself to
be
a lawbreaker
.
For
if I build
again
the
things
which
I destroyed
, I make
myself a transgressor
.
For through the law I
died
to the law so
that I might live to
God.
For I
through the law am
dead
to the law ,
that I might live unto
God.
I have
been
crucified with Christ ,
and
I no
longer
live, but Christ lives
in me .
The life I live in the body,
I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up
for me.
I am
crucified with Christ :
neverthless
I live ;
yet
not
I
, but Christ liveth
in me :
and
the life which
I now
live in the flesh
I live by the
faith of
the Son of God, who loved me ,
and gave himself for me.
I do not set
aside
the grace of God .
For if righteousness comes
through
the law, Christ died
for
nothing
.
I do not frustrate
the grace of God :
for if righteousness come
by
the law, then
Christ is
dead
in
vain
.
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