Galatians:2
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Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas ,
and took Titus with me also .
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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 .
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But neither Titus ,
who was with me ,
being a Greek ,
was compelled to be circumcised :
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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 :
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To whom we gave place by subjection ,
no ,
not for an hour ;
that the truth of the gospel might continue with you .
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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 :
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But contrariwise ,
when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me ,
as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter ;
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For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision ,
the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles :)
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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 .
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Only they would that we should remember the poor ;
the same which I also was forward to do .
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But when Peter was come to Antioch ,
I withstood him to the face ,
because he was to be blamed .
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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 .
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And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him ;
insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation .
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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 ?
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We who are Jews by nature ,
and not sinners of the Gentiles ,
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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 .
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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 .
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For if I build again the things which I destroyed ,
I make myself a transgressor .
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For I through the law am dead to the law ,
that I might live unto God .
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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 .
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I do not frustrate the grace of God :
for if righteousness come by the law ,
then Christ is dead in vain .