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Defending the Gospel

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.

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Paul Accepted by the Apostles

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.

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And I went up [a]by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.

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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.

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Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

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But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.

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And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),

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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 —

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to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.

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But from those who seemed to be something — whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God [b]shows personal favoritism to no man — for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

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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.

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But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter

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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

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(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),

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(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

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and when James, [c]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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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.

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They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

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Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

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No Return to the Law

Now when [d]Peter had come to Antioch, I [e]withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

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Paul Opposes Peter

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

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for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing [f]those who were of the circumcision.

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For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.a

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And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

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And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

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But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, [g]why do you compel Gentiles to live as [h]Jews?

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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?”

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We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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Justified by Faith

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

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knowing that a man is not [i]justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

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yet we know that a person is not justifiedb by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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“But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!

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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!

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For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

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For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

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For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.

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For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.

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I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

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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.

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I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died [j]in vain.”

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I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousnessc were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

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Galatians 2

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