Galatians 2:1-8 ▼

1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.

2 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.

3 But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

4 This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.

5 But we did not give up and submit to these people for even a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.

6 Now from those recognized as important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism )—they added nothing to me.

7 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter was for the circumcised,

8 since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.