And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy.

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

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,

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

And all who will behave in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God.

From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!”

Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running – or had not run – in vain.

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.