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When Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used
They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. All they asked was that we should continue to remember the
James, Cephas, and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to
On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been
As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. This matter arose because some false
Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went in response to a
I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to
For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.