Paul Accepted by the Apostles

2 Then after fourteen years I ^(A)went up again to Jerusalem with ^(B)Barnabas, taking ^(C)Titus along also. ² And I went up ^[a]because of a ^(D)revelation, and I laid out to them the ^(E)gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, lest somehow I might be ^(F)running, or had run, in vain. ³ But not even ^(G)Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was ^(H)compelled to be circumcised. ⁴ But this was because of the ^(I)false brothers secretly brought in, who ^(J)had sneaked in to spy out our ^(K)freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^(L)enslave us. ⁵ But we did not yield in subjection to them for even ^[b]a moment, so that ^(M)the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ⁶ But from those who ^[c]were of high ^(N)reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(O)God ^[d]shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me. ⁷ But on the contrary, seeing that I had been ^(P)entrusted with the ^(Q)gospel ^[e]to the uncircumcised, just as ^(R)Peter had been ^[f]to the circumcised ⁸ (for He who worked in Peter unto his ^(S)apostleship ^[g]to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles), ⁹ and recognizing ^(T)the grace that had been given to me, ^(U)James and ^(V)Cephas and ^[h]John, who were ^(W)reputed to be ^(X)pillars, gave to me and ^(Y)Barnabas the ^(Z)right ^[i]hand of fellowship, so that we might ^(AA)go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰ Only they asked us to remember the poor—^(AB)the very thing I also was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

¹¹ But when ^(AC)Cephas came to ^(AD)Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he ^[j]stood condemned. ¹² For prior to the coming of certain men from ^(AE)James, he used to ^(AF)eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, ^(AG)fearing ^[k]the party of the circumcision. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even ^(AH)Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they ^(AI)were not ^[l]straightforward about ^(AJ)the truth of the gospel, I said to ^(AK)Cephas before everyone, “If you, being a Jew, ^(AL)live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?^[m]

¹⁵ “We are ^(AM)Jews by nature and not ^(AN)sinners from among the Gentiles; ¹⁶ nevertheless ^[n]knowing that ^(AO)a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by ^(AP)faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since ^(AQ)by the works of ^[o]the Law no ^[p]flesh will be justified. ¹⁷ But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found ^(AR)sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? ^(AS)May it never be! ¹⁸ For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I ^(AT)prove myself to be a transgressor. ¹⁹ For through ^[q]the Law I ^(AU)died to ^[r]the Law, so that I might live to God. ²⁰ I have been ^(AV)crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but ^(AW)Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^(AX)the Son of God, who ^(AY)loved me and ^(AZ)gave Himself up for me. ²¹ I do not set aside the grace of God, for ^(BA)if righteousness comes through ^[s]the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”