Galatians 2:1-8 ▼

1 Then after 14 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—so that I might not be running, or have run the race, in vain.

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

4 This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

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

6 Now from those recognized as important (what they really 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.