Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed.
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When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
12 For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
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For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him, insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their hypocrisy.
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The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14 But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before <em>them</em> all, If thou, being a Jew, dost live after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
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When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
15 We <em>who are</em> Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
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“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles
16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by <em>the</em> faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, <em>is</em> therefore Christ the minister of <em>our</em> sin? No, in no wise.
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“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a rebel.
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If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
19 For through the law I am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
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“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
20 I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 I do not reject the grace of God, for if righteousness <em>comes</em> by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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