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Galatians 2

Defending the Gospel

Then after fourteen years ^aI went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. 2 And I went up ¹by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but ^aprivately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means ^bI might run, or had run, in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4 And this occurred because of ^afalse brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our ^bliberty which we have in Christ Jesus, ^cthat they might bring us into bondage), 5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that ^athe truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6 But from those ^awho seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; ^bGod ¹shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something ^cadded nothing to me. 7 But on the contrary, ^awhen they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised ^bhad been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter 8 (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the ^acircumcised ^balso ^cworked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), 9 and when James, ¹Cephas, and John, who seemed to be ^apillars, perceived ^bthe grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, ^cthat we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They desired only that we should remember the poor, ^athe very thing which I also was eager to do.

No Return to the Law

11 ^aNow when ¹Peter had come to Antioch, I ²withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 12 for before certain men came from James, ^ahe would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing ¹those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about ^athe truth of the gospel, I said to Peter ^bbefore them all, ^c“If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, ¹why do you compel Gentiles to live as ²Jews? 15 ^aWe who are Jews by nature, and not ^bsinners of the Gentiles, 16 ^aknowing that a man is not ¹justified by the works of the law but ^bby faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not ^cby the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found ^asinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 For I ^athrough the law ^bdied to the law that I might ^clive to God. 20 I have been ^acrucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh ^bI live by faith in the Son of God, ^cwho loved me and gave Himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for ^aif righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died ¹in vain.”

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