Dual Panel1Then <1899> after <1223> fourteen <1180> years <2094> I went up <305> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414> again <3825> with <3326> Barnabas <921>, taking <4838> Titus <5103> along <4838> too <2532>.
2I went <305> there because of <2596> a revelation <602> and <2532> presented <394> to them <846> the gospel <2098> that <3739> I preach <2784> among <1722> the Gentiles <1484>. But <1161> I did so only in <2596> a private meeting <2398> with the influential <1380> people, to make sure <4458> that I was <5143> not <3361> running <5143>– or <2228> had <5143> not run <5143>– in vain <2756>.
3Yet <235> not even <3761> Titus <5103>, who was with <4862> me <1698>, was compelled <315> to be circumcised <4059>, although he was <1510> a Greek <1672>.
4Now this matter arose <3920> because of <1223> the false brothers with false pretenses <5569> who slipped in unnoticed <3922> to spy on <2684> our <2257> freedom <1657> that <3739> we have <2192> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>, to <2443> make <2615> us <2248> slaves <2615>.
5But we did <1502> not <3761> surrender <1502> to them even for <4314> a moment <5610>, in order <2443> that the truth <225> of the gospel <2098> would remain <1265> with <4314> you <5209>.
6But <1161> from <575> those who <5100> were influential <3697> <4218> (whatever they were <1510> makes no <3762> difference <1308> to me <3427>; God <2316> shows <2983> no <3756> favoritism <2983> between people <444>)– those influential leaders added <4323> nothing <3762> to my message.
7On the contrary <5121>, when <1492> they saw <1492> that <3754> I was entrusted <4100> with the gospel <2098> to the uncircumcised <203> just as <2531> Peter <4074> was to the circumcised <4061>
8(for <1063> he who empowered <1754> Peter <4074> for <1519> his apostleship <651> to the circumcised <4061> also <2532> empowered <1754> me <1698> for my apostleship to <1519> the Gentiles <1484>)
9and <2532> when James <2385>, Cephas <2786>, and <2532> John <2491>, who had a reputation <1380> as pillars <4769>, recognized the grace <5485> that had been given <1325> to me <3427>, they gave <1325> to Barnabas <921> and <2532> me <1698> the right hand <1188> of fellowship <2842>, agreeing that we <2249> would go to <1519> the Gentiles <1484> and <1161> they <846> to <1519> the circumcised <4061>.
10They requested only <3440> that <2443> we remember <3421> the poor <4434>, the very thing I <4704> also <2532> was eager <4704> to do <4160>.
11But <1161> when <3753> Cephas <2786> came <2064> to <1519> Antioch <490>, I opposed <436> him to <2596> his <846> face <4383>, because <3754> he <1510> had clearly done wrong <2607>.
12Until certain people came <2064> from <575> James <2385>, he had been eating <4906> with <3326> the Gentiles <1484>. But <1161> when <3753> they arrived <2064>, he stopped doing <5288> this and <2532> separated <873> himself <1438> because he was afraid <5399> of those who were pro-circumcision <4061>.
13And <2532> the rest <3062> of the Jews <2453> also joined <4942> with him <846> in this hypocrisy <4942>, so that <5620> even <2532> Barnabas <921> was led astray <4879> with them <846> by their hypocrisy <5272>.
14But <235> when <3753> I saw <1492> that <3754> they were <3716> not <3756> behaving consistently <3716> with <4314> the truth <225> of the gospel <2098>, I said <2036> to Cephas <2786> in front of <1715> them all <3956>, “If <1487> you <4771>, although you are a Jew <2453>, live <5225> like a Gentile <1483> and <2532> not <3756> like a Jew <2452>, how can <4459> you try to force <315> the Gentiles <1484> to live like Jews <2450>?”
15We <2249> are Jews <2453> by birth <5449> and <2532> not <3756> Gentile <1484> sinners <268>,
16yet <1161> we know <1492> that <3754> no <3756> one <444> is justified <1344> by <1537> the works <2041> of <3551> the law <3551> but <1437> <3361> by <1223> the faithfulness <4102> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>. And <2532> we <2249> have come to believe <4100> in <1519> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>, so that <2443> we may be justified <1344> by <1537> the faithfulness <4102> of Christ <5547> and <2532> not <3756> by <1537> the works <2041> of <3551> the law <3551>, because <3754> by <1537> the works <2041> of <3551> the law <3551> no <3756> one <4561> will be justified <1344>.
17But <1161> if <1487> while seeking <2212> to be justified <1344> in <1722> Christ <5547> we <2147> ourselves <846> have <2147> also <2532> been found <2147> to be sinners <268>, is Christ <5547> then <687> one who encourages <1249> sin <266>? Absolutely <1096> not <3361>!
18But if <1487> I build up <3618> again <3825> those things <5023> I once destroyed <2647>, I demonstrate <4921> that I <1683> am one who breaks God’s law <3848>.
19For <1063> through <1223> the law <3551> I died <599> to the law <3551> so that <2443> I may live <2198> to God <2316>.
20I have been crucified <4957> with Christ <5547>, and <1161> it is no longer <3765> I <2198> who live <2198>, but <1161> Christ <5547> lives <2198> in <1722> me <1698>. So <1161> the life I <2198> now <3568> live <2198> in <1722> the body <4561>, I live <2198> because of the faithfulness <4102> of the Son <5207> of God <2316>, who loved <25> me <3165> and <2532> gave <3860> himself <1438> for <5228> me <1700>.
21I do <114> not <3756> set aside <114> God’s <2316> grace <5485>, because <1063> if <1487> righteousness <1343> could come through <1223> the law <3551>, then <686> Christ <5547> died <599> for nothing <1432>!