Galatians 2

CHAPTER 2

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

¹Then after fourteen years I ^awent up again to Jerusalem with ^bBarnabas, taking ^cTitus along also.

²And I went up ¹because of a ^arevelation, and I laid out to them the ^bgospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, lest somehow I might be ^crunning, or had run, in vain.

³But not even ^aTitus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was ^bcompelled to be circumcised.

⁴But this was because of the ^afalse brothers secretly brought in, who ^bhad sneaked in to spy out our ^cfreedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^denslave us.

⁵But we did not yield in subjection to them for even ¹a moment, so that ^athe truth of the gospel would remain with you.

⁶But from those who ¹were of high ^areputation (what they were makes no difference to me; ^bGod ²shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

⁷But on the contrary, seeing that I had been ^aentrusted with the ^bgospel ¹to the uncircumcised, just as ^cPeter had been ²to the circumcised

⁸(for He who worked in Peter unto his ^aapostleship ¹to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles),

⁹and recognizing ^athe grace that had been given to me, ^bJames and ^cCephas and ¹John, who were ^dreputed to be ^epillars, gave to me and ^fBarnabas the ^gright ²hand of fellowship, so that we might ^hgo to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

¹⁰Only they asked us to remember the poor—^athe very thing I also was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

¹¹But when ^aCephas came to ^bAntioch, I opposed him to his face, because he ¹stood condemned.

¹²For 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.

¹³And the rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even ^aBarnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

¹⁴But 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?^a

¹⁵“We are ^aJews by nature and not ^bsinners from among the Gentiles;

¹⁶nevertheless 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.

¹⁹“For through ¹the Law I ^adied to ²the Law, so that I might live to God.

²⁰“I have been ^acrucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but ^bChrist lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^cthe Son of God, who ^dloved me and ^egave Himself up for me.

²¹“I do not set aside the grace of God, for ^aif righteousness comes through ¹the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”