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Thenfourteenyearsafter I went upagaintoJerusalemwithBarnabas, and tookTitus with mealso.
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And I went upbyrevelation,andcommunicated unto them that gospelwhich I preachamong the Gentiles,butprivatelyto them which were of reputation , lest by any meansI should run , or had run , invain.
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ButneitherTitus,who was withme,being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised :
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And that because of false brethren unawares brought in,who came in privily to spy outourlibertywhich we haveinChristJesus,that they might bringus into bondage :
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To whom we gave place by subjection, no, notfor an hour;that the truth of the gospel might continuewithyou.
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Butof these who seemed to besomewhat,* (whatsoever theywere , it makethnomatter to me:Godacceptethnoman's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference addednothing to me:
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Butcontrariwise, when they sawthat the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me , as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
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(For he that wrought effectually in Peterto the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in metoward the Gentiles:)
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And when James*, Cephas,andJohn,whoseemed to bepillars,perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to meandBarnabas the right hands of fellowship;thatwe should go unto the heathen,andtheyunto the circumcision.
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Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same*whichIalso was forward to do .
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ButwhenPeter was cometoAntioch, I withstoodhimto the face,because he was to be blamed .
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Forbefore that certaincamefromJames, he did eatwith the Gentiles:butwhen they were come , he withdrewandseparatedhimself,fearing them which were of the circumcision.
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And the otherJewsdissembledlikewise with him;insomuch that Barnabasalso was carried away with theirdissimulation.
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Butwhen I sawthat they walkednotuprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peterbefore them all,Ifthou,being a Jew,livest after the manner of Gentiles,andnot as do the Jews,why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews ?
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We who are Jews by nature,andnotsinnersof the Gentiles,
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Knowingthat a manisnotjustifiedby the works of the law,butby the faith of JesusChrist,evenwe have believedinJesusChrist,that we might be justifiedby the faith of Christ,andnotby the works of the law:forby the works of the lawshallno*flesh be justified .
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Butif, while we seek to be justifiedbyChrist,weourselvesalso are foundsinners, is thereforeChrist the minister of sin? God forbid* .
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Forif I buildagain the thingswhich I destroyed , I makemyself a transgressor.
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ForIthrough the law am dead to the law,that I might live unto God.
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I am crucified with Christ:nevertheless I live ; yet notI,butChristlivethinme:and the life whichInowlivein the flesh I liveby the faith of the Son of God,wholovedme,andgavehimselfforme.
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I donotfrustrate the grace of God:forifrighteousness come by the law,thenChrist is dead in vain.