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CHAPTER 2

Fourteen

years

later

I went up

again

to

Jerusalem,

accompanied by

Barnabas.

I took

Titus along

also.

I went

in response to

a revelation

and

set before

them

the

gospel

that

I preach

among

the

Gentiles.

But

I spoke privately

to those

recognized as leaders,

for fear that

I was running

or

had already run

in

vain.

Yet

not even

Titus,

who was

with

me,

was compelled

to be circumcised,

even though he was

a Greek.

This issue arose

because

some

false brothers

were brought in

under false pretenses

to spy on

our

freedom

in

Christ

Jesus,

in order

to enslave

us.

We did not give in

to them

for

a moment,

so that

the

truth

of the

gospel

would remain

with

you.

But

as for

the

highly esteemed,

whatever

they were

makes no difference

to me;

God

does not show favoritism.

For

those

leaders

added

nothing

to my message.

On the contrary,

they saw

that

I had been entrusted to preach

the

gospel

to the

Gentiles,

just as

Peter had been

to the

Jews.

For

God, who

was at work

in Peter’s

apostleship

to the

Jews,

was also at work

in my apostleship

to

the

Gentiles.

And

recognizing

the

grace

I

had been given,

James,

Cephas,

and

John—

those

reputed

to be

pillars—

gave

me

and

Barnabas

the right hand

of fellowship,

so that

we should go

to

the

Gentiles

and

they

to

the

Jews.

They only asked us

to

be mindful

of the

poor,

the very

thing

I was eager

to do.

When

Cephas

came

to

Antioch,

however,

I opposed him

to

his

face,

because

he stood

to be condemned.

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,

for fear of

those

in

the circumcision group .

The

other

Jews

joined in his hypocrisy,

so that

by

their

hypocrisy

even

Barnabas

was led astray.

When

I saw

that

they were not walking in line

with

the

truth

of the

gospel,

I said

to Cephas

in front of

them all,

“If

you,

who are

a Jew,

live

like a Gentile

and

not

like a Jew,

how

can you compel

the

Gentiles

to live like Jews?

We who are

Jews

by birth

and

not

Gentile

‘sinners’

know

that

a man

is not justified

by

works

of the Law,

but

by

faith

in Jesus

Christ.

So we, too,

have believed

in

Christ

Jesus,

that

we may be justified

by

faith

in Christ

and

not

by

works

of the Law,

because

by

works

of the Law

no one

will be justified.

But

if,

while we seek

to be justified

in

Christ,

we ourselves

are found to be

sinners,

does that make

Christ

a minister

of sin?

Absolutely not!

If

I rebuild

what

I have already torn down,

I prove

myself

to be a lawbreaker.

For

through

the Law

I

died

to the Law

so that

I might live

to God.

I have been crucified with

Christ,

and

I

no longer

live,

but

Christ

lives

in

me.

The life

I live

in

the body,

I live

by

faith

in the

Son

of God,

who

loved

me

and

gave Himself up

for

me.

I do not set aside

the

grace

of God.

For

if

righteousness comes

through

the Law,

Christ

died

for nothing.”

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