| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. | 1Then fourteen years later, I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me. |
| 2And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain. | 2I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing. |
| 3Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. | 3But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. |
| 4And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), | 4However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah Jesus so that they might enslave us. |
| 5to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. | 5But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you. |
| 6But from those who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me. | 6Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.) |
| 7But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter | 7In fact, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised. |
| 8(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), | 8For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the gentiles. |
| 9and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. | 9So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised. |
| 10They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do. | 10The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do. |
| 11Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; | 11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong. |
| 12for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. | 12Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party. |
| 13And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. | 13The other Jews also joined him in this hypocritical behavior, to the extent that even Barnabas was caught up in their hypocrisy. |
| 14But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews? | 14But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, "Though you are a Jew, you have been living like a gentile and not like a Jew. So how can you insist that the gentiles must live like Jews?" |
| 15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, | 15We ourselves are Jews by birth, and not gentile sinners, |
| 16knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. | 16yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires. |
| 17“But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! | 17Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not! |
| 18For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. | 18For if I rebuild something that I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a wrongdoer. |
| 19For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. | 19For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah. |
| 20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. | 20I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
| 21I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” | 21I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing. |
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