So they glorified God because of me.

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) – those influential leaders added nothing to my message.

and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.