Galatians 2

The Acceptance of Paul by the Apostles

1 Then, after a span of fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas, and I also brought Titus with us.

2 I went in response to a divine disclosure, and I laid before them the message of good news that I proclaim among the Gentiles. I did this privately with those recognized as leaders, in order to be certain that my labor, past or present, would not prove to be fruitless.

3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me and who is a Greek, was forced to submit to circumcision.

4 This matter arose because of false brothers and sisters who had been secretly introduced, who slipped in to observe the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, with the intent of reducing us again to bondage.

5 We did not give in to them or yield our ground, not even briefly, so that the truth of the gospel would remain intact for you.

6 As for those who were regarded as influential, whatever their standing once was makes no difference to me, since God does not evaluate people by outward status. Those recognized as leaders contributed nothing further to my message.

7 Instead, when they recognized that I had been entrusted with the good news for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the good news for the circumcised,

8 for the same God who was powerfully at work in Peter for his mission to the circumcised was also at work in me for my mission to the Gentiles,

9 and when James, Cephas, and John, who were acknowledged as pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they extended to Barnabas and to me the right hand of fellowship. This signified that we should go to the Gentiles, while they would go to the circumcised.

10 They made this one request, that we would keep the poor in mind, which was precisely what I was eager to do.

Paul Confronts Peter

11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him directly, because his conduct stood condemned.

12 Before certain people arrived from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those who insisted on circumcision.

13 The rest of the Jews joined him in this pretense, with the result that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

14 When I saw that their behavior was not aligned with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, though you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?”

Justification through Faith

15 We are Jews by birth and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

16 yet we know that a man is not justified or declared righteous by performing the works required by the Law, but through faith in Jesus Christ. For this reason, we also have placed our faith in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law, because no human being will be justified by works of the Law.

17 But if, while seeking to be justified or declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a promoter of sin? Absolutely not.

18 For if I reconstruct the system I once dismantled, I demonstrate that I am a lawbreaker.

19 For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live for God.

20 I have been put to death with Christ, and I no longer live for myself; rather, Christ lives within me. And the life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and willingly gave Himself for me.

21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ’s death had no purpose.

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