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God showed me that I should go. And I told them about the good news which I tell to people who are not Jews. I told those who seemed to be church leaders when I was alone with them. I did not want my work to come to nothing - the work I had done or the work I was doing.

Titus was with me. He was not a Jew, but they did not force him to be circumcised [have the mark of a Jew made on his body].

But some men got in who were not true brothers. They came in secretly to spy on us to find out things about us. They did not want us to be free the way Christ Jesus has made us free. But they wanted to make us obey the old laws again [which were given to Moses by God].

But we did not let them tell us what to do, no, not even for one minute. In that way the real good news will be yours always.

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