Galatians 2:1–10

The Council at Jerusalem

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

²¹It was because of a ^arevelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the ^bgospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that 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 it was because of the ^afalse brethren secretly brought in, who ^bhad sneaked in to spy out our ^cliberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^dbring us into bondage.

⁵But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, 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 effectually worked for Peter in his ^aapostleship ¹to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),

⁹and recognizing ^athe grace that had been given to me, ^1bJames and ^cCephas and John, 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.

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