Galatians 2:11-16

Legacy Standard Bible

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

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 ^(C)James, he used to ^(D)eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, ^(E)fearing ^[b]the party of the circumcision. ¹³ And 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 ^[c]straightforward about ^(H)the truth of the gospel, I said to ^(I)Cephas before everyone, “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?^[d]

¹⁵ “We are ^(K)Jews by nature and not ^(L)sinners from among the Gentiles; ¹⁶ nevertheless ^[e]knowing that ^(M)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 ^(N)faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since ^(O)by the works of ^[f]the Law no ^[g]flesh will be justified.