And I went up by revelation, and communicateduntothemthatgospelwhich I preachamong the Gentiles, but privately to themwhichwere of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
And thatbecause of falsebrethrenunawaresbrought in, who came in privily to spy out our libertywhich we have in ChristJesus, thattheymightbring us intobondage:
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoevertheywere, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’sperson:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conferenceaddednothing to me:
And whenJames, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the gracethat was givenunto me, theygave to me and Barnabas the righthands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and theyunto the circumcision.
For beforethatcertaincamefromJames, he did eat with the Gentiles: but whentheywerecome, he withdrew and separatedhimself, fearingthemwhichwere of the circumcision.
But when I saw thattheywalked not uprightlyaccording to the truth of the gospel, I saiduntoPeterbeforethem all, If thou, being a Jew, livestafter the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellestthou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Knowingthat a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of JesusChrist, even we havebelieved in JesusChrist, 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.
I am crucifiedwithChrist: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christliveth in me: and the lifewhich I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gavehimself for me.