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The Council at Jerusalem
Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with [me];
Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with [me];
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous [among them], lest in any way I run or had run in vain;
I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)
But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in — who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery —
to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.
to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat -- whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing;
And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) — those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.
but, on the contrary, seeing that the glad tidings of the uncircumcision were confided to me, even as to Peter that of the circumcision,
On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
(for he that wrought in Peter for [the] apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)
(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),
and recognising the grace given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were conspicuous as being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas [the] right hands of fellowship, that *we* [should go] to the nations, and *they* to the circumcision;
and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.
Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Paul Confronts Peter
But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned:
But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned:
Paul Opposes Peter
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
for before that certain came from James, he ate with [those of] the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of [the] circumcision;
and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation.
And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If *thou*, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?
But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of [the] nations,
Justified by Faith
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, *we* also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.
Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then [is] Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.
But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.
For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.
For *I*, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God.
For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.
I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but [in] that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the [faith] of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.