Book of Common Prayer
Fourteen Years Later The Jerusalem Apostles Added Nothing To My Gospel
2 Then after fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having also taken along Titus with me. 2 And I went up based-on[a] a revelation, and laid-before them the good-news which I am proclaiming among the Gentiles— but privately, to the ones having-the-reputation-of [b] being something— that somehow[c] I might not be running, or have run, in vain[d]. 3 But not even Titus, the one with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4 Now[e] this arose[f] because of the false-brothers secretly-brought-in, who sneaked-in to spy-out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus in order that they might enslave[g] us— 5 to whom we yielded in submission not-even for an hour, in order that the truth of the good-news might continue[h] with you. 6 And from the ones having-the-reputation-of being something— of-what-sort they ever[i] were makes no difference to me; God does not receive the face[j] of a human— indeed to me the ones having-the-reputation communicated nothing. 7 But on-the-contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted the good-news for the uncircumcised just as Peter for the circumcised— 8 for the One having worked[k] in Peter for an apostleship of the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles— 9 and having recognized the grace having been given to me, James and Cephas and John, the ones having-the-reputation-of being pillars, gave the right hands of fellowship to me and Barnabas, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They asked only that we should be remembering[l] the poor— as to which, I also was eager to do this very thing.
Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute
31 And again having gone out of the districts of Tyre, He went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the midst of the districts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring to Him a deaf and speech-impaired one, and are begging Him that He lay His hand on him. 33 And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers into his[a] ears. And having spit[b], He touched his[c] tongue. 34 And having looked up to heaven, He sighed. And He says to him “Ephphatha”, which means “Be opened”. 35 And immediately his ears were opened and the binding[d] of his tongue was released and he was speaking correctly. 36 And He gave-orders to them that they should be telling no one. But as much as He was giving orders to them, they even more abundantly were proclaiming it. 37 And they were being super-abundantly astounded, saying “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing