On the contrary, when they saw that I had been (A)entrusted with (B)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), and when James and Cephas and John, (C)who seemed to be (D)pillars, perceived the (E)grace that was given to me, they (F)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, (G)the very thing I was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter

11 But (H)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (I)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (J)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (K)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their (L)conduct was not in step with (M)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (N)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (O)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not (P)Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that (Q)a person is not justified[b] by works of the law (R)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, (S)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
  2. Galatians 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17

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