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1 Then after 14 years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.
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1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
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2 I went up because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles-but privately to those recognized [as leaders]-so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.
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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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3 But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
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3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
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4 [This issue arose] because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
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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.
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5 But we did not yield in submission to these people for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain for you.
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5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
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6 But from those recognized as important (what they really were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism)-those recognized as important added nothing to me.
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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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