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God, I lie not.
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Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
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And was unknown by
face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
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But they had heard only, That he which
persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
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And they glorified
God in me.
CHAPTER 2
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
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