Galatians 2
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Galatians 2:5-14

5But we did not give up and submit to these people for even a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.

6Now from those recognized as important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism) — they added nothing to me.

7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter was for the circumcised,

8since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.

9When James, Cephas, and John  — those recognized as pillars  — acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

10They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I had made every effort to do.

11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

12For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

13Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

14But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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