Gal.2.1

Fourteen years after that first visit, Barnabas and I went up to Jerusalem and took Titus with us.

Gal.2.1

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

Gal.2.1

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.

Gal.2.1

Then fourteen years later I went back to Jerusalem again, this time with Barnabas; and Titus came along, too.

Gal.2.2

I went to clarify with them what had been revealed to me. At that time I placed before them exactly what I was preaching to the non-Jews. I did this in private with the leaders, those held in esteem by the church, so that our concern would not become a controversial public issue, marred by ethnic tensions, exposing my years of work to denigration and endangering my present ministry.

Gal.2.2

I 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.

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And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.

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I went there because God revealed to me that I should go. While I was there I talked privately with the leaders of the church. I wanted them to understand what I had been preaching to the Gentiles. I wanted to make sure they did not disagree, or my ministry would have been useless.

Gal.2.3

Significantly, Titus, non-Jewish though he was, was not required to be circumcised.

Gal.2.3

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

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Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

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And they did agree. They did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.

Gal.2.4

While we were in conference we were infiltrated by spies pretending to be Christians, who slipped in to find out just how free true Christians are. Their ulterior motive was to reduce us to their brand of servitude.

Gal.2.4

This 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.

Gal.2.4

And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),

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Even that question wouldn't have come up except for some so-called Christians there--false ones, really--who came to spy on us and see our freedom in Christ Jesus. They wanted to force us, like slaves, to follow their Jewish regulations.

Gal.2.5

We didn't give them the time of day. We were determined to preserve the truth of the Message for you.

Gal.2.5

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

Gal.2.5

to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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But we refused to listen to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the Good News for you.

Gal.2.6

As for those who were considered important in the church, their reputation doesn't concern me. God isn't impressed with mere appearances, and neither am I. And of course these leaders were able to add nothing to the message I had been preaching.

Gal.2.6

As 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.

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But from those who seemed to be something--whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man--for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

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And the leaders of the church who were there had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.)

Gal.2.7

It was soon evident that God had entrusted me with the same message to the non-Jews as Peter had been preaching to the Jews.

Gal.2.7

On 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.

Gal.2.7

But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter

Gal.2.7

They saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews.

Gal.2.8

Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John--the pillars of the church--shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews.

Gal.2.8

For 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.

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(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),

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For the same God who worked through Peter for the benefit of the Jews worked through me for the benefit of the Gentiles.

Gal.2.9

The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.

Gal.2.9

James, 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.

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and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Gal.2.9

In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews.

Gal.2.10

Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line.

Gal.2.10

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

Gal.2.10

They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

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The only thing they suggested was that we remember to help the poor, and I have certainly been eager to do that.