'Then1after2fourteen3years4I went up6again5to7Jerusalem8with9Barnabas,10taking11Titus13along with me.11 I went up1because of3a revelation4and5set before6them7(though17privately1516before those18who seemed influential)19the8gospel9that10I proclaim11among12the13Gentiles,14[in order to make sure]21I was24not20running24or25had [not] run26in22vain.23 But1even2Titus,3who4waswith5me,6was9not2forced9to be circumcised,10thoughhe was8a Greek.7 Yet2because of1false brothers5secretly brought in4— who6slipped in7to spy out8our11freedom10that12we have13in14Christ15Jesus,16so that17they might bring19us18into slavery —19 to them1we did5not2yield5in submission7even2for3a moment,4so that8the9truth10of the11gospel12might be preserved13for14you.15 And2from1those3who seemed4to be5[influential]6(what7they were9makes12no [difference]10to me;11God15shows18no17partiality)1316—those,21I say,who seemed influential22added24nothing23to me.19 On the contrary,2when they saw3that4I had been entrusted5with the6gospel7to the8uncircumcised,9just as10Peter11had been entrusted with the gospelto the12circumcised13 (for2he1who worked3through Peter4for5hisapostolic ministry6to the7circumcised8worked9also10through me11for mineto12the13Gentiles),14 and1when2James8and9Cephas10and11John,12who seemed14to be16pillars,15perceived2the3grace4that was given6to me,7they gave18the right hand17of fellowship22to Barnabas21and20me,19that23we24should goto25the26Gentiles27and29they28to30the31circumcised.32 Only,1they askedus to remember45the2poor,3the very thing910I was eager8to do.11 But2when1Cephas4came3to5Antioch,6I opposed10him9to7[his] face,8because11he stood13condemned.12 For3before1certain men5came4from6James,7he was eating11with8the9Gentiles;10but13when12they came14he drew back15and16separated17himself,18fearing19the circumcision party.202122 And1the rest of6the5Jews7acted hypocritically along with2him,3so that8even9Barnabas10was led astray by11their12hypocrisy.14 But1when2I saw3that4their conduct was6not5in step6with7the8truth9of the10gospel,11I said12to Cephas14before15[them] all,16“If17you,18thougha Jew,19live25like a Gentile21and22not23like a Jew,24how26[can] you force29the27Gentiles28[to live] like Jews?”30 We ourselves1areJews3by birth2and4not5Gentile7sinners;8 yet2we know1that3a person6is5not4justified5by7works8of the law9but1011through12faith13[in] Jesus14Christ,15sowe17also16have believed21in18Christ19Jesus,20in order to22be justified23by24faith25[in] Christ26and27not28by29works30of the law,31because32by33works34of the law35no3638[one]39will be justified.37 But2if,1in our endeavor3to be justified4in5Christ,6we7too8were found7to besinners,10isChrist12then11a servant14of sin?13Certainly not!1516 For2if1I rebuild67what3I tore down,4I prove10myself9to bea transgressor.8 For2through3the law4I1died6to the law,5so that7I might live9to God.8I have been crucified with11Christ.10 I have been crucified with Christ.It isno longer3I4wholive,1but6Christ9wholives5in7me.8And11[the life]10I13now12live13in14the flesh15I live18by16faith17[in] the20Son21of God,23who loved25me26and27gave28himself29for30me.31 I do2not1nullify2the3grace4of God,6for8if7righteousness11werethrough9the law,10then12Christ13died15for no purpose.14