Galatians 1:10-2

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁰ For am I now ^(A)seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a ^(B)bond-servant of Christ.

Paul Defends His Ministry

¹¹ For ^(C)I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^(D)not according to man. ¹² For ^(E)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(F)revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of ^(G)my former manner of life in Judaism, how I ^(H)used to persecute ^(I)the church of God beyond measure and ^(J)tried to destroy it; ¹⁴ and I ^(K)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ^[a]countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^(L)ancestral traditions. ¹⁵ But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and ^(M)called me through His grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(N)preach Him among the Gentiles, ^(O)I did not immediately consult with ^[b](P)flesh and blood, ^17 (Q)nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^(R)Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(S)three years later I went up ^(T)to Jerusalem to ^[c]become acquainted with ^(U)Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I did not see any other of the apostles except ^[d](V)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now in what I am writing to you, ^[e]I assure you ^(W)before God that I am not lying.) ²¹ Then ^(X)I went into the regions of ^(Y)Syria and ^(Z)Cilicia. ²² I was still unknown by ^[f]sight to ^(AA)the churches of Judea which were ^(AB)in Christ; ²³ but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching ^(AC)the faith which he once ^(AD)tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(AE)were glorifying God ^[g]because of me.

The Council at Jerusalem

2 Then after an interval of fourteen years I ^(AF)went up again to Jerusalem with ^(AG)Barnabas, taking ^(AH)Titus along also. ^2 [h]It was because of a ^(AI)revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the ^(AJ)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 ^(AK)running, or had run, in vain. ³ But not even ^(AL)Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was ^(AM)compelled to be circumcised. ⁴ But it was because of the ^(AN)false brethren secretly brought in, who ^(AO)had sneaked in to spy out our ^(AP)liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^(AQ)bring us into bondage. ⁵ But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that ^(AR)the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ⁶ But from those who ^[i]were of high ^(AS)reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(AT)God ^[j]shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me. ⁷ But on the contrary, seeing that I had been ^(AU)entrusted with the ^(AV)gospel ^[k]to the uncircumcised, just as ^(AW)Peter had been ^[l]to the circumcised ⁸ (for He who effectually worked for Peter in his ^(AX)apostleship ^[m]to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles), ⁹ and recognizing ^(AY)the grace that had been given to me, ^[n](AZ)James and ^(BA)Cephas and John, who were ^(BB)reputed to be ^(BC)pillars, gave to me and ^(BD)Barnabas the ^(BE)right ^[o]hand of fellowship, so that we might ^(BF)go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰ They only asked us to remember the poor—^(BG)the very thing I also was eager to do.