Galatians 2:11-18, Ephesians 2:11-22 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Galatians 2:11-18

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

11 But when ^aCephas came to ^bAntioch, I opposed him to his face, because he ¹stood condemned. 12 For prior to the coming of certain men from ^aJames, he used to ^beat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, ^cfearing ¹the party of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even ^aBarnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they ^awere not ¹straightforward about ^bthe truth of the gospel, I said to ^cCephas before everyone, “If you, being a Jew, ^dlive like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?
15 “We are ^aJews by nature and not ^bsinners from among the Gentiles; 16 nevertheless ¹knowing that ^aa man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by ^bfaith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since ^cby the works of ²the Law no ³flesh will be justified. 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found ^asinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? ^bMay it never be! 18 For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I ^aprove myself to be a transgressor.

Ephesians 2:11-22

11 Therefore, remember that ^aformerly ^byou—the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^cUncircumcision” by the so-called “^cCircumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, ^aalienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to ^bthe covenants of promise, having ^cno hope and ^dwithout God in the world. 13 But now in ^aChrist Jesus you who ^bformerly were ^cfar off ¹have ^cbeen brought near ^dby the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition 15 ¹by ^aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, ^bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^ccreate the two into ^done new man, making ^epeace, 16 and might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, having in Himself ^cput to death the enmity. 17 And ^aHe came and preached ^bthe good news of peace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were ^cnear; 18 for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^astrangers and sojourners, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household, 20 having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecorner stone, 21 ^ain whom the whole building, being joined together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹sanctuary in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.