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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.
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.
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];
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;
Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)
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),
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;
to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with 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;
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
but, on the contrary, seeing that the glad tidings of the uncircumcision were confided to me, even as to Peter that of the circumcision,
(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),
(for he that wrought in Peter for [the] apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards 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;
They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.
only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent 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:
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 hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
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.
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?
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of [the] nations,
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.
“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!
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.
For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.
For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.
For *I*, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God.
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.
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.