Galatians 2:7-21
Read Galatians 2 in full →7But on the contrary, seeing that I had been aentrusted with the bgospel 1to the uncircumcised, just as cPeter had been 2to the circumcised 8(for He who worked in Peter unto his aapostleship 1to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles), 9and recognizing athe grace that had been given to me, bJames and cCephas and 1John, who were dreputed to be epillars, gave to me and fBarnabas the right 2hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10Only they asked us to remember the poor—athe very thing I also was eager to do.
Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)
11But when aCephas came to bAntioch, I opposed him to his face, because he 1stood condemned. 12For prior to the coming of certain men from aJames, he used to beat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, cfearing 1the party of the circumcision. 13And the rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even aBarnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14But when I saw that they awere not 1straightforward about bthe truth of the gospel, I said to cCephas before everyone, “If you, being a Jew, dlive like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?2
15“We are aJews by nature and not bsinners from among the Gentiles; 16nevertheless 1knowing that aa man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by bfaith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since cby the works of 2the Law no 3flesh will be justified. 17“But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found asinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? bMay it never be! 18“For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I aprove myself to be a transgressor. 19“For through 1the Law I adied to 2the Law, so that I might live to God. 20“I have been acrucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but bChrist lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in cthe Son of God, who dloved me and egave Himself up for me. 21“I do not set aside the grace of God, for aif righteousness comes through 1the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”