Donn featean Yoa lota reisd ekj wada no Jerusalm met Barnabas, en neem Tietus uk met;

en ekj jinkj han derch ne Oppenboarinj; en laed an daut Evanjeelium faea daut ekj mank dee Heide praedj; oba enn Priewaut met daen dee Aunjeseene weare, daut ekj nich fejaefs rand, oda jerant haud.

Oba see felangde nich emol daut Tietus, dee met mie wea, sul beschnaede woare wan hee uk Jriechesh wea;

Oba dee faulsche Breeda dee emm Jeheeme enenn jebrocht weare, en sikj enenn jeschlikjt haude omm onnse Frieheit dee wie enn Christus ha, utospione, omm daut see onns wada fesklowe muchte,

ha wie onns opp kjeen Wajch hanjejaeft, nae, nich mol fa ne Stund, daut dee Woarheit fom Evanjeelium bie ju bliewe kunn.

Oba dise, dee schiende waut to senne - [fonn waut fonne Sort see weare moakt mie kjeen unjasheet, Gott sit kjeene Persoon aun], dee, dee schiende waut to senne, leade mie nusscht niehet,

oba emm jaeajendeel, aus see sage daut mie daut Evanjeelium to dee onnbeschnaedne aunfetrut wea, so aus Peeta daut aunfetrut wea to dee Beschnaedne;

dan dee, dee derch Peeta wirkjt to daut Apostelaumt to dee Beschnaedne, oabeid uk enn mie to dee Heide.

En aus Joakopp, en Peeta, en Jehaun, dee aunjeseene weare aus Stenda enne Jemeent, dee Jnod sage dee mie jejaeft wea, jeewe see mie en Barnabas de rajchte Haunt enn Jemeenschoft, daut wie sulle no dee Heide gone, oba see wudde no dee Beschnaedne gone;

10 see wulle bloos ha daut wie aun dee Oame denkje sulle, en daut wull ekj uk jearen doone.

11 Oba aus Peeta no Antiochean kjeem, wadastunnt ekj am to Jesecht, wiel hee schuldich wea.

12 Dan fer daem daut walkje fonn Joakopp kjeeme, aut hee met dee Heide; oba aus dee jekome weare, trok hee sikj trig en hilt sikj appoat, wiel hee sikj fa dee Beschnaedne engste deed;

13 en dee aewrije Jude heichelde met am met, so daut sogoa Barnabas met aea Heichle wajch jeleit wea.

14 Aus ekj oba sach daut see nich daen jerode Wajch jinje no dee Woarheit fomm Evanjeelium, saed ekj to Peeta fer an aula: "Wan du, dee du en Jud best, so laefst aus dee Heide, en nich so aus en Jud, woo bedwingst du dan dee Heide so to laewe aus dee Jude?

15 Wie sent fonn Natua Jude, en nich Sinda fonn mank dee Heide;

16 en weete daut en Mensch nich derch dee Jesatseswoakje jeracht jemoakt woat, oba derch daen Gloowe enn Jesus Christus. Wie ha selfst aun Jesus Christus jejleeft, daut wie derch daen Gloowe enn Christus kjenne Jeracht jemoakt woare, en nich derch dee Jesatseswoakje, dan derch dee Jesatseswoakje kaun kjeen Mensch Jeracht jemoakt woare."

17 Oba wan wie feseakje enn Christus Jeracht to woare, en aus Sinda jefunge worde, es Christus dan en Deena fa de Sind? Muchtet nich senne!

18 Dan wan ekj daut wada oppbu waut ekj fenicht ha, dan hab ekj mie selfst to en Aewatraede jemoakt.

19 Dan ekj sie derch daut Jesats, to daut Jesats jestorwe, so daut ekj fa Gott laewe kaun.

20 Ekj sie met Christus jekjrietsicht, nu laew ekj nich meeha, oba Christus laeft enn mie; en daut Laewe daut ekj nu em Fleesch laew, laew ekj em Gloowe enn Gott sien Saen, dee mie jeleeft haft, en haft sikj selfst fa mie hanjejaeft.

21 Ekj doo Gott siene Jnod nich auntsied sate; dan wan Jerachtichkjeit derch daut Jesats kjemt, dan es Christus emsonst jestorwe.

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem,(A) this time with Barnabas.(B) I took Titus(C) along also. I went in response to a revelation(D) and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles.(E) I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race(F) in vain. Yet not even Titus,(G) who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.(H) This matter arose because some false believers(I) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(J) the freedom(K) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel(L) might be preserved for you.

As for those who were held in high esteem(M)—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism(N)—they added nothing to my message.(O) On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task(P) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a](Q) just as Peter(R) had been to the circumcised.[b] For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle(S) to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle(T) to the Gentiles. James,(U) Cephas[c](V) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(W) gave me and Barnabas(X) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(Y) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(Z) and they to the circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,(AA) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

Paul Opposes Cephas

11 When Cephas(AB) came to Antioch,(AC) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James,(AD) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(AE) 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.(AF) 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas(AG) was led astray.

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(AH) I said to Cephas(AI) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(AJ) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(AK)

15 “We who are Jews by birth(AL) and not sinful Gentiles(AM) 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(AN) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(AO) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[d] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(AP)

17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,(AQ) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!(AR) 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

19 “For through the law I died to the law(AS) so that I might live for God.(AT) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(AU) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(AV) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(AW) who loved me(AX) and gave himself for me.(AY) 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,(AZ) Christ died for nothing!”[e]

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
  2. Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9
  3. Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14
  4. Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
  5. Galatians 2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.

Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:

But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the 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 the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth 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.

21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.