Galatians 2
2
The Acceptance of Paul by the Apostles
1 Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 And I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though in private to those who seemed prominent) the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, lest somehow I might be running, or had run, in vain. 3 But not even Titus, who was with me, although he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4 Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who infiltrated to spy on the liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— 5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you. 6 But from those who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God does not show favouritism—for those who seemed prominent added nothing to me. 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, just as Peter to the circumcision 8 (for the One who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was also at work through me to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John—those who seemed to be pillars—acknowledged the grace given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand* of fellowship, that we should go* to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision. 10 They requested* only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.
Paul Confronts Peter
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain people came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he would withdraw and separate himself, because he was afraid of those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also acted hypocritically in concert with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, “If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Justification through Faith
15 We are Jews by nature and not sinners from the Gentiles; 16 nevertheless, we know that a man* is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we too have believed in Christ Jesus, so 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 flesh will be justified. 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be! 18 For if I build up again these things which I have torn down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the Law I died to the Law, in order that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life* which 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 do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness is through the Law, then Christ died for nothing.
Notes
9 Greek the right hands
9 The Greek construction at this point is elliptical. So the subjunctive of purpose/obligation should go is contextually supplied for the purpose of clarification
10 The Greek construction at this point is implicitly predicated. So the statement They requested is contextually supplied for the purpose of clarification
16 Or person, as the term is generically understood
20 The word life is contextually supplied for the purpose of clarification
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Copyright © 2026 Michael Adeyemi Adegbola. This Scripture text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
