^2:1Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem¹ again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too. ^2:2I went there² because of³ a revelation and presented⁴ to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so⁵ only in a private meeting with the influential people,⁶ to make sure that I was not running—or had not run⁷—in vain.

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Footnotes

1 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
2 Grk “I went up”; one always spoke idiomatically of going “up” to Jerusalem.
3 Or “in accordance with.” According to κατά B.5.a.δ, “Oft. the norm is at the same time the reason, so that in accordance with and because of are merged … Instead of ‘in accordance w.’ κ. can mean simply because of, as a result of, on the basis of … κ. ἀποκάλυψιν Gal 2:2.”
4 Or “set before them.”
5 Grk “Gentiles, but only privately … to make sure.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with “But” and the words “I did so,” an implied repetition from the previous clause, were supplied to make a complete English sentence.
6 L&N 87.42 has “important persons, influential persons, prominent persons” for οἱ δοκοῦντες and translates this phrase in Gal 2:2 as “in a private meeting with the prominent persons.” The “prominent people” referred to here are the leaders of the Jerusalem church.
7 Here the first verb (τρέχω, trechō, “was not running”) is present subjunctive, while the second (ἔδραμον, edramon, “had not run”) is aorist indicative.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those recognized as leaders. I wanted to be sure I was not running, and had not been running, in vain.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then fourteen years later I went back to Jerusalem again, this time with Barnabas; and Titus came along, too. I went there because God revealed to me that I should go. While I was there I met privately with those considered to be leaders of the church and shared with them the message I had been preaching to the Gentiles. I wanted to make sure that we were in agreement, for fear that all my efforts had been wasted and I was running the race for nothing.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking along Titus also. Now I went up there because of a revelation and laid out to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but in private to the influential people, lest somehow I was running, or had run, in vain.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

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