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11 But when Cephas came to An’ti-och, I reproved him to his face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before certain men came from James, Cephas ate with the Gentiles: but after they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he was afraid of them who belonged to the circumcision. 13 And all the other Jewish converts cast their lots with him on this issue, insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away by their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they were not following uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter, in the presence of them all, If you being a Jew live after the manner of Gentiles and not as do the Jews, why do you compel the Gentile converts to live as do the Jews? 15 For if we who are of Jewish origin, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Know that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no human being be justified. 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore our LORD Jesus Christ a minister of sin? Far be it. 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I will prove myself to be a transgressor of the law. 19 For through the law I am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: henceforth it is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life which now I live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by means of the law, then Christ died in vain. Galatians 2:11-21, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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