Galatians 2:1–10

Defending the Gospel

2Then after fourteen years ^aI went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. ²And I went up ¹by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but ^bprivately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means ^cI might run, or had run, in vain. ³Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. ⁴And this occurred because of ^dfalse brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our ^eliberty which we have in Christ Jesus, ^fthat they might bring us into bondage), ⁵to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that ^gthe truth of the gospel might continue with you.

⁶But from those ^hwho seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; ⁱGod ²shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something ^jadded nothing to me. ⁷But on the contrary, ^kwhen they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised ^lhad 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 ^mcircumcised ⁿalso ^oworked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), ⁹and when James, ³Cephas, and John, who seemed to be ^ppillars, perceived ^qthe grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, ^rthat we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰They desired only that we should remember the poor, ^sthe very thing which I also was eager to do.