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1 Fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem, with Barnabas, and took Titus also with me: Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
2 and I went up according to revelation, and communicated to them that gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles; but privately to those who were of note, lest the pains, that I have already taken, or may hereafter take in the gospel, should be in vain. 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. 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.
3 however, Titus who was then with me, being a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised: But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
4 and as to the false brethren, who insidiously crept in to spy out our liberty which we have by Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude; Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
5 I did not show them the lest compliance by way of submission, that the doctrine of the gospel might remain among you. to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
6 But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add. 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. 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.
7 on the contrary, when they perceived that I had the province of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, as Peter had that of preaching it to the Jews, 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 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.
8 (for he that had wrought powerfully in Peter with respect to his apostleship among the Jews, had also wrought powerfully in me upon account of the Gentiles:) and when James, (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), 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.
9 Peter, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, perceived the favour that was bestowed on me, they admitted me and Barnabas into fellowship, and agreed, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews. and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
10 only they recommended to us to get collections for the poor in Judea: which I was very careful to do. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, for he was to be blamed. But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
12 for till certain Jews came thither from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, for fear of those, who were for circumcision: For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
13 and the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him, insomuch that Barnabas himself was carried away with their hypocrisy. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14 but when I saw, they conformed not their conduct to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all: if you being a Jew, live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not according to that of the Jews, why do you constrain the Gentiles to judaize? But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?” When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
15 We are Jews by birth, and not of the sinful race of the Gentiles, We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles
16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in him, and not by the works of the law, by which there is no justification. yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
17 Now if it be a sin to seek for justification by Christ, then is Christ the minister of sin, which cannot be. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
18 on the contrary, if I re-establish what I have demolish'd, I show myself a prevaricator. For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
19 for by one law, I am dead to the other law, that I might live unto God: For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
20 I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if justification be by the law, Christ died to no purpose. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
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