Galatians 2:9 - Prayer Tents

How Paul Was Accepted by the Apostles in Jerusalem

2Then fourteen years later I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.G1899G1180G2094G1223G305G3825G1519G2414G3326G921G4838G5103G4838G2532 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.G1161G305G2596G602G2532G394G846G2098G3739G2784G1722G1484G1161G2596G2398G1380G3381G4458G5143G2228G5143G1519G2756 3But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.G235G3761G5103G3588G4862G1698G5607G1672G315G4059 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.G1161G1223G5569G3920G3748G3922G2684G2257G1657G3739G2192G1722G5547G2424G2443G2615G2248G2615 5But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.G3739G1502G5292G3761G4314G5610G2443G225G2098G1265G4314G5209 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.)G1161G575G1380G1511G5100G3697G4218G2258G1308G3762G1308G3427G2316G2983G3756G444G4383G1063G1380G4323G3762G1698 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.G235G5121G1492G3754G2098G203G4100G2531G4061G4074 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.G1063G1754G4074G1519G651G4061G2532G1754G1698G1519G1484 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.G2532G2385G2532G2786G2532G2491G3588G1380G1511G4769G1097G5485G1325G3427G1325G1698G2532G921G1188G2842G2443G2249G1519G1484G1161G846G1519G4061 10The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.7G3440G2443G3421G4434G846G5124G3739G4704G2532G4704G4160

Paul Confronts Cephas in Antioch

11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.G1161G3753G4074G2064G1519G490G436G846G2596G4383G3754G2258G2607 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.G1063G4253G5100G2064G575G2385G4906G3326G1484G1161G3753G2064G5288G2532G873G1438G5399G1537G4061 13The other Jews also joined him in this hypocritical behavior, to the extent that even Barnabas was caught up in their hypocrisy.G2532G3062G2453G4942G2532G846G5620G921G2532G4879G846G5272 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?"G235G3753G1492G3754G3716G3756G3716G4314G225G2098G2036G4074G1715G3956G1487G4771G5225G2453G2198G1483G2532G3756G2452G5101G315G1484G2450

Jews, Like Gentiles, are Saved by Faith

15We ourselves are Jews by birth, and not gentile sinners,G2249G2453G5449G2532G3756G268G1537G1484 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.G1492G3754G444G1344G3756G1344G1537G2041G3551G3362G1223G4102G2424G5547G2532G2249G4100G1519G2424G5547G2443G1344G1537G4102G5547G2532G3756G1537G2041G3551G1360G1537G2041G3551G1344G3756G3956G4561G1344 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!G1161G1487G2212G1344G1722G5547G2147G846G2532G2147G268G687G5547G1249G266G3361G1096 18For if I rebuild something that I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a wrongdoer.G1063G1487G3618G3825G5023G3739G2647G4921G1683G3848 19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.G1063G1473G1223G3551G599G3551G2443G2198G2316 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.G4957G5547G1161G2198G3765G1473G1161G5547G2198G1722G1698G1161G3739G2198G3568G2198G1722G4561G2198G1722G4102G5207G2316G3588G25G3165G2532G3860G1438G5228G1700 21I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.220G114G3756G114G5485G2316G1063G1487G1343G1223G3551G686G5547G599G1432