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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.
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
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.
I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain.
But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
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 —
This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
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.
As for those who were held in high esteem — whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism — they added nothing to my message.
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 who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),
For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.
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, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
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.
Paul Opposes Cephas
When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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 from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
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?”
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
Justified by Faith
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles
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!
“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.
If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
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.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.