Galatians 2:9 - Prayer Tents

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

2Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.G1899G1180G2094G1223G305G3825G1519G2414G3326G921G4838G5103G4838G2532

2I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.G1161G305G2596G602G2532G394G846G2098G3739G2784G1722G1484G1161G2596G2398G1380G3381G4458G5143G2228G5143G1519G2756

3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.G235G3761G5103G3588G4862G1698G5607G1672G315G4059

4This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.G1161G1223G5569G3920G3748G3922G2684G2257G1657G3739G2192G1722G5547G2424G2443G2615G2248G2615

5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.G3739G1502G5292G3761G4314G5610G2443G225G2098G1265G4314G5209

6As for those who seemed to be important—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance—those men added nothing to my message.G1161G575G1380G1511G5100G3697G4218G2258G1308G3762G1308G3427G2316G2983G3756G444G4383G1063G1380G4323G3762G1698

7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.G235G5121G1492G3754G2098G203G4100G2531G4061G4074

8For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.G1063G1754G4074G1519G651G4061G2532G1754G1698G1519G1484

9James, Peter and John, those reputed to be 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 Jews.G2532G2385G2532G2786G2532G2491G3588G1380G1511G4769G1097G5485G1325G3427G1325G1698G2532G921G1188G2842G2443G2249G1519G1484G1161G846G1519G4061

10All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.G3440G2443G3421G4434G846G5124G3739G4704G2532G4704G4160

Paul Opposes Cephas

11When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.G1161G3753G4074G2064G1519G490G436G846G2596G4383G3754G2258G2607

12Before 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.G1063G4253G5100G2064G575G2385G4906G3326G1484G1161G3753G2064G5288G2532G873G1438G5399G1537G4061

13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.G2532G3062G2453G4942G2532G846G5620G921G2532G4879G846G5272

14When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter 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?G235G3753G1492G3754G3716G3756G3716G4314G225G2098G2036G4074G1715G3956G1487G4771G5225G2453G2198G1483G2532G3756G2452G5101G315G1484G2450

15"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners'G2249G2453G5449G2532G3756G268G1537G1484

16know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.G1492G3754G444G1344G3756G1344G1537G2041G3551G3362G1223G4102G2424G5547G2532G2249G4100G1519G2424G5547G2443G1344G1537G4102G5547G2532G3756G1537G2041G3551G1360G1537G2041G3551G1344G3756G3956G4561G1344

17"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!G1161G1487G2212G1344G1722G5547G2147G846G2532G2147G268G687G5547G1249G266G3361G1096

18If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker.G1063G1487G3618G3825G5023G3739G2647G4921G1683G3848

19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.G1063G1473G1223G3551G599G3551G2443G2198G2316

20I 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 for me.G4957G5547G1161G2198G3765G1473G1161G5547G2198G1722G1698G1161G3739G2198G3568G2198G1722G4561G2198G1722G4102G5207G2316G3588G25G3165G2532G3860G1438G5228G1700

21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"G114G3756G114G5485G2316G1063G1487G1343G1223G3551G686G5547G599G1432