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Galations 2,
NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
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Then after an
interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas,
taking Titus along also.
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It was because
of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which
I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were
of reputation, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
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But not even
Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be
circumcised.
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But it was
because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to
spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us
into bondage.
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But we did not
yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the
gospel would remain with you.
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But from those
who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me;
God shows no partiality)--well, those who were of reputation contributed
nothing to me.
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But on the
contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the
uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised
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(for He who
effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised
effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),
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and recognizing
the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were
reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of
fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the
circumcised.
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They only asked
us to remember the poor--the very thing I also was eager to do.
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But when Cephas
came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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For prior to the
coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but
when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the
party of the circumcision.
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The rest of the
Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was
carried away by their hypocrisy.
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But when I saw
that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said
to Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the
Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles
to live like Jews?
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“We are Jews by
nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;
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nevertheless
knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through
faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we
may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law;
since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
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“But if, while
seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found
sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!
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“For if I
rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.
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“For through the Law I died to the Law, so
that I might live to God.
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“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is
no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself up for me.
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“I do not
nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law,
then Christ died needlessly.”
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