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New American Standard Bible 1995

Galatians 2:8-21

8(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his 1apostleship 2to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles), 9and recognizing 3the grace that had been given to me, 45James and 6Cephas and John, who were 7reputed to be 8pillars, gave to me and 9Barnabas the 10right 11hand of fellowship, so that we might 12go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10They only asked us to remember the poor--13the very thing I also was eager to do.

11But when 14Cephas came to 15Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he 16stood condemned. 12For prior to the coming of certain men from 1718James, he used to 19eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, 20fearing 21the party of the circumcision. 13The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even 22Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14But when I saw that they 23were not 24straightforward about 25the truth of the gospel, I said to 26Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, 27live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?28

15“We are 29Jews by nature and not 30sinners from among the Gentiles; 16nevertheless knowing that 31a man is not justified by the works of 32the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by 33faith in Christ and not by the works of 34the Law; since 35by the works of 36the Law no 37flesh will be justified. 17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found 38sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? 39May it never be! 18For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I 40prove myself to be a transgressor. 19For through 41the Law I 42died to 43the Law, so that I might live to God. 20I have been 44crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but 45Christ lives in me; and 46the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in 47the Son of God, who 48loved me and 49gave Himself up for me. 21I do not nullify the grace of God, for 50if righteousness comes through 51the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 2:8 Acts 1:25 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 2:8 Lit of the circumcision ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 2:9 Rom 12:3 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 2:9 Or Jacob ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 2:9 Acts 12:17; Gal 2:12 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 2:9 Luke 22:8; Gal 1:18; 2:7, 11, 14 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 2:9 2 Cor 11:5; 12:11; Gal 2:2, 6; 6:3 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 2:9 1 Tim 3:15; Rev 3:12 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 2:9 Acts 4:36; Gal 2:1, 13 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 2:9 2 Kin 10:15 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 2:9 Lit hands ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 2:9 Gal 1:16 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 2:10 Acts 24:17 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 2:11 Gal 1:18; 2:7, 9, 14 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 2:11 Acts 11:19; 15:1 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 2:11 Or was to be condemned; lit was one who was condemned, or, was self-condemned ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 2:12 Or Jacob ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 2:12 Acts 12:17; Gal 2:9 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 2:12 Acts 11:3 ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 2:12 Acts 11:2 ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 2:12 Or converts from the circumcised; lit those from the circumcision ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 2:13 Acts 4:36; Gal 2:1, 9 ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 2:14 Heb 12:13 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 2:14 Or progressing toward; lit walking straightly ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 2:14 Gal 1:6; 2:5; Col 1:5 ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 2:14 Gal 1:18; 2:7, 9, 11 ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 2:14 Acts 10:28; Gal 2:12 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 2:14 Some close the direct quotation here, others extend it through v 21 ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 2:15 Phil 3:4f ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 2:15 1 Sam 15:18; Luke 24:7 ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 2:16 Acts 13:39; Gal 3:11 ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 2:16 Or law ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 2:16 Rom 3:22; 9:30 ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 2:16 Or law ↩
  35. 35. Galatians 2:16 Ps 143:2; Rom 3:20 ↩
  36. 36. Galatians 2:16 Or law ↩
  37. 37. Galatians 2:16 Or mortal man ↩
  38. 38. Galatians 2:17 Gal 2:15 ↩
  39. 39. Galatians 2:17 Luke 20:16; Gal 3:21 ↩
  40. 40. Galatians 2:18 Rom 3:5 ↩
  41. 41. Galatians 2:19 Or law ↩
  42. 42. Galatians 2:19 Rom 6:2; 7:4; 1 Cor 9:20 ↩
  43. 43. Galatians 2:19 Or law ↩
  44. 44. Galatians 2:20 Rom 6:6; Gal 5:24; 6:14 ↩
  45. 45. Galatians 2:20 Rom 8:10 ↩
  46. 46. Galatians 2:20 Or insofar as I ↩
  47. 47. Galatians 2:20 Matt 4:3 ↩
  48. 48. Galatians 2:20 Rom 8:37 ↩
  49. 49. Galatians 2:20 Gal 1:4 ↩
  50. 50. Galatians 2:21 Gal 3:21 ↩
  51. 51. Galatians 2:21 Or law ↩

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