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11 But, when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was blameworthy; 12 for, before certain ones came from James, he was eating with the gentiles; but, when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But, when I saw that they were not walking uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as do the gentiles, and not as the Jews, how do you compel the gentiles to live as do the Jews?" 15 We who are by nature Jews, and not sinners from among the gentiles, 16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified. 17 But, if while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is, then, Christ a minister of sin? It could not be! 18 For, if I am building up again, what I pulled down, I show myself to be a transgressor. 19 For I through law died to law, that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer am I living, but Christ is living in me; and, in so far as I am now living in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for, if righteousness is through law, then Christ died needlessly! Galatians 2:11-21, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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