^2:6But from those who were influential¹⁷ (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people¹⁸)—those influential leaders¹⁹ added²⁰ nothing to my message.²¹ ^2:7On the contrary, when they saw²² that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised²³ just as Peter was to the circumcised²⁴ ^2:8(for he who empowered²⁵ Peter for his apostleship²⁶ to the circumcised²⁷ also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)²⁸

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Footnotes

17 Or “influential leaders.” δοκέω 2.a.β has “the influential men Gal 2:2, 6b. A fuller the same mng., inf. added … vss. 6a, 9.” This refers to the leadership of the Jerusalem church.
18 Grk “God does not receive the face of man,” an idiom for showing favoritism or partiality ( πρόσωπον 1.b.α; L&N 88.238).
19 Or “influential people”; here “leaders” was used rather than “people” for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy with the word “people” in the previous parenthetical remark. See also the note on the word “influential” at the beginning of this verse.
20 Or “contributed.” This is the same word translated “go to ask advice from” in 1:16, but it has a different meaning here; see L&N 59.72.
21 Or “added nothing to my authority.” Grk “added nothing to me,” with what was added (“message,” etc.) implied.
22 The participle ἰδόντες (idontes) has been taken temporally to retain the structure of the passage. Many modern translations, because of the length of the sentence here, translate this participle as a finite verb and break the Greek sentences into several English sentences (, for example, begins new sentences at the beginning of both vv. 8 and 9).
23 Grk “to the uncircumcision,” that is, to the Gentiles.
24 Grk “to the circumcision,” a collective reference to the Jewish people.
25 Or “worked through”; the same word is also used in relation to Paul later in this verse.
26 Or “his ministry as an apostle.”
27 Grk “to the circumcision,” i.e., the Jewish people.
28 Grk “also empowered me to the Gentiles.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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. 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),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now from those recognized as important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism)—they added nothing to me. On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter was for the circumcised, since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.

NLTNew Living Translation

And the leaders of the church had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.) Instead, they saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews. For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But from those who were influential (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me, God does not show partiality)—for those who were influential added nothing to me. But these, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, just as Peter to the circumcision (for the one who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),

KJV 1900King James Version

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

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