Galatians 2:11-15

New American Standard Bible 1995

Peter (Cephas) Opposed by Paul

¹¹ But when ^(A)Cephas came to ^(B)Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he ^[a]stood condemned. ¹² For prior to the coming of certain men from ^[b](C)James, he used to ^(D)eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, ^(E)fearing ^[c]the party of the circumcision. ¹³ The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even ^(F)Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they ^(G)were not ^[d]straightforward about ^(H)the truth of the gospel, I said to ^(I)Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, ^(J)live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? ^[e]

¹⁵ “We are ^(K)Jews by nature and not ^(L)sinners from among the Gentiles;