2 GLT Now I went up according to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, but privately to the ones seeming to be important, lest I might run— or had run— in vain. BSB BSB: I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
3 GLT But not even Titus, the one with me, being a Greek, was forced to be circumcised. BSB BSB: Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
4 GLT But it was because of the secretly brought in false brothers, who came in secretly to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus so that they will enslave us, BSB BSB: This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
5 GLT we did not even yield in submission to them for an hour, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you. BSB BSB: We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
6 GLT But from the ones seeming to be something(what sort they were formerly matters nothing to me; God does not accept the face of man)— for, the ones seeming important added nothing to me. BSB BSB: But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
7 GLT But on the contrary, having seen that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, just as Peter to the circumcision BSB BSB: On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
8 GLT (for the one having worked in Peter for apostleship to the circumcision also worked in me to the Gentiles), BSB BSB: For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
9 GLT and having understood the grace having been given to me, James and Cephas and John, the ones seeming to be pillars, gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, so that we to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision, BSB BSB: And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. 10 GLT only that we should continue to remember the poor, this same thing that I was also eager to do. BSB BSB: They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
11 GLT But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. BSB BSB: When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
12 GLT For before certain ones came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles. But when they came, he was withdrawing and was separating himself, being afraid of the ones from the circumcision. BSB BSB: For 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, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
13 GLT And the rest of the Jews also joined with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. BSB BSB: The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14 GLT But when I saw that they were not walking correctly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of all{ of them},“If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews? BSB BSB: When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
15 GLT We{ are} Jews by birth, and not sinners from the Gentiles; BSB BSB: We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
16 GLT but knowing that no man is justified by works of the law except through faith in Jesus Christ, we also believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law. For by works of the law not any flesh will be justified. BSB BSB: know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
17 GLT But if, 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! BSB BSB: But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
18 GLT For if I again rebuild those things which I destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor. BSB BSB: If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
19 GLT For I, through the law, died to the law so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, BSB BSB: For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
20 GLT and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And that which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith that{ is in} the Son of God, the one having loved me and having given himself for me. BSB BSB: I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
21 GLT I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness{ is} through the law, then Christ died for nothing!” BSB BSB: I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
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