Galatians 2

1 Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

And again, after fourteen years, I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas; and I took with me Titus.

2 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

And I went up by revelation: and I explained to them the gospel which I announce among the Gentiles; and I stated it to them who were esteemed prominent, between myself and them: lest I should have run, or might run in vain.

3 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Also Titus, who was with me, and was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised.

4 This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

And in regard to the false brethren, who had crept in to spy out the liberty we have in Jesus the Messiah, in order to bring me under subjection;

5 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.

not for the space of an hour, did we throw ourselves into subjection to them; so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

6 But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

And they who were esteemed prominent, (what they were, I care not; for God regardeth not the persons of men, ) even these persons added nothing to me.

7 but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—

But, otherwise; for they saw, that the gospel of the uncircumcision was intrusted to me, as to Cephas was intrusted that of the circumcision.

8 for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—

For he that was operative with Cephas in the legateship of the circumcision, was also operative with me in the legateship of the Gentiles.

9 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

And James, Cephas, and John, who were accounted pillars, when they perceived the grace that was given to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship; that we should labor among the Gentiles, and they among the circumcision.

10 They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Only they desired that we would be mindful of the needy; and I was solicitous to do the same.

11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I rebuked him to his face; because they were stumbled by him.

12 For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they came, he withdrew himself, and separated; because he was afraid of them of the circumcision.

13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

And the rest of the Jews also were with him in this thing; insomuch that even Barnabas was induced to regard persons.

14 But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

And when I saw, that they did not walk correctly, in the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas, before them all: If thou art a Jew, and livest in the Gentile way, and not in the Jewish, why dost thou compel the Gentiles to live in the Jewish way?

15 “We, being Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners,

For if we, who are Jews by nature, and are not sinners of the Gentiles,

16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

because we know that a man is not made just by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus the Messiah; even we have believed in Jesus the Messiah, in order to be made just by faith in the Messiah, and not by the works of the law: for, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is made just.

17 But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

And if, while we seek to become just by the Messiah, we are found to be ourselves sinners, is Jesus the Messiah therefore the minister of sin? Far be it!

18 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

For if I should build up again the things I had demolished, I should show myself to be a transgressor of the precept.

19 For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

For I, by the law, have become dead to the law, that I might live to God; and I am crucified with the Messiah.

20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

And henceforth it is no more I who live, but the Messiah liveth in me: and the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

21 I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

I do not spurn the grace of God. For if righteousness is by means of the law, the Messiah died in vain.