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| 1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. | 1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. |
| 2 I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain. | 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. |
| 3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. | 3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. |
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