Paul Opposes Cephas

11 When Cephas(A) came to Antioch,(B) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James,(C) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(D) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.(E) 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas(F) was led astray.

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(G) I said to Cephas(H) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(I) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(J)

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Paul Confronts Cephas in Antioch

11 But when Cephas[a] came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.[b] 12 Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men[c] came, he withdrew from the gentiles[d] and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party. 13 The other Jews also joined him in this hypocritical behavior, to the extent that even Barnabas was caught up in their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas[e] in front of everyone, “Though you are a Jew, you have been living like a gentile and not like a Jew. So how can you insist that the gentiles must live like Jews?”

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:11 I.e. Peter
  2. Galatians 2:11 Or was self-condemned
  3. Galatians 2:12 Lit. after they
  4. Galatians 2:12 The Gk. lacks from the gentiles
  5. Galatians 2:14 I.e. Peter