But on the contrary, (A)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised (B)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the (C)circumcised (D)also (E)worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), and when James, [a]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be (F)pillars, perceived (G)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, (H)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:9 Peter

But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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7-9 Más aún, Pedro, Jacobo y Juan, indiscutibles columnas de la iglesia, reconocieron que Dios me había usado para ser apóstol entre los gentiles, de la misma manera que había usado a Pedro para predicarles a los judíos (después de todo, fue el mismo Dios el que nos capacitó). Y así, nos dieron la mano, a Bernabé y a mí, en señal de compañerismo, y nos exhortaron a continuar nuestras labores entre los gentiles mientras ellos continuaban la suya entre los judíos.

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