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1Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

1Then fourteen years later, I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.

2I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain.

2I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.

3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

3But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

4This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

4However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah Jesus so that they might enslave us.

5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.

5But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.

6As for those who were held in high esteem--whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism--they added nothing to my message.

6Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.)

7On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

7In fact, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised.

8For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.

8For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the gentiles.

9James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

9So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

10All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

10The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.

11When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.

12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. 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.

12Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

13The other Jews also joined him in this hypocritical behavior, to the extent that even Barnabas was caught up in their hypocrisy.

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

14But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas 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?"

15"We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles

15We ourselves are Jews by birth, and not gentile sinners,

16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

16yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires.

17"But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn't that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!

17Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not!

18If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

18For if I rebuild something that I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a wrongdoer.

19"For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.

19For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.

20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

20I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"

21I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.

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