< Galatians 2 >

1 Then after fourteen years, I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking also Titus with me;
Then fourteene yeeres after, I went vp againe to Hierusalem with Barnabas, and tooke with me Titus also.
2 but I went up according to revelation; and I presented to them the gospel which I am preaching among the Gentiles, but privately to the prominent ones, lest perhaps I am running, or did run, in vain.
And I went vp by reuelation, and declared vnto them that Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but particularly to them that were the chiefe, least by any meanes I should runne, or had runne in vaine:
3 But neither was Titus the one with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised:
But neither yet Titus which was with me, though he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised,
4 but on account of the false brethren having crept in, who came in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they shall bring us into bondage:
To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.
5 to whom I rendered not submission for an hour; in order that the truth of the gospel may abide with you.
To whom we gaue not place by subiection for an houre, that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you.
6 But of those seeming to be something what they were at that time makes no difference to me: God does not receive the face of man: for those seeming to me to be prominent added nothing extra:
But by them which seemed to be great, I was not taught (whatsoeuer they were in time passed, I am nothing the better: God accepteth no mans person) for they that are the chiefe, did adde nothing to me aboue that I had.
7 but on the contrary, seeing that I am intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, like Peter of the circumcision,
But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter:
8 for the one having wrought with Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision also wrought with me unto the Gentiles:
(For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)
9 and having known the grace of God which was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who seem to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision,
10 only that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.
11 And when Cephas came into Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to blame.
And when Peter was come to Antiochia, I withstood him to his face: for he was to be condemned.
12 For before certain ones came from James, he was eating along with the Gentiles: but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
For before that certaine came from Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision.
13 And the rest of the Jews also reciprocated with him; so that even Barnabas was led away by their dissimulation.
And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie.
14 But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, If you being a Jew are living like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how do you compel the Gentiles to judaize?
But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?
15 We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
We which are Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16 knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through the faith of Christ Jesus, and we have believed into Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.
Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, and not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.
17 But if seeking to be justified in Christ, we may also be found sinners, then is Christ the minister of sin? it could not be so.
If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.
18 For if I again build the things which I have destroyed, I constitute myself a transgressor.
For if I build againe the things that I haue destroyed, I make my selfe a trespasser.
19 For I through law died to law, in, order that I may live unto God.
For I through the Lawe am dead to the Lawe, that I might liue vnto God.
20 I am crucified along with Christ; and I live no longer, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
I am crucified with Christ, but I liue, yet not I any more, but Christ liueth in me: and in that that I now liue in the flesh, I liue by the faith in the Sonne of God, who hath loued me, and giuen him selfe for me.
21 I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness was through law, then Christ died gratuitiously.
I doe not abrogate the grace of God: for if righteousnes be by the Lawe, then Christ dyed without a cause.

< Galatians 2 >