1 T hen after of fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem. with Barnabas, taking Titus along with also.

Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with;

2 I went because it was specially and divinely revealed to me that I should go, and I put before them the Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. However, privately before those of repute, that I was not running or had not run in vain.

and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous, lest in any way I run or had run in vain;

3 B ut even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)

4 b ecause of false brethren who had been secretly smuggled in; they had slipped in to spy on our liberty and the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might again bring us into bondage.

and on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

5 T o them we did not yield submission even for a moment, that the truth of the Gospel might continue to be for you.

to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.

6 M oreover, by those who were reputed to be something—though what was their individual position and whether they really were of importance or not makes no difference to me; God is not impressed with the positions that men hold and He is not partial and recognizes no external distinctions—those who were of repute imposed no new requirements upon me.

But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat—whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing;

7 B ut on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted the Gospel to the uncircumcised as Peter had been entrusted the Gospel to the circumcised;

but, on the contrary, seeing that the glad tidings of the uncircumcision were confided to me, even as to Peter that of the circumcision,

8 F or He Who motivated and fitted Peter and worked effectively through him for the mission to the circumcised, motivated and fitted me and worked through me also for the Gentiles.

(for he that wrought in Peter for apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)

9 A nd when they knew (perceived, recognized, understood, and acknowledged) the grace (God’s unmerited favor and spiritual blessing) that had been bestowed upon me, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars of the Jerusalem church, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, with the understanding that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised (Jews).

and recognising the grace given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were conspicuous as being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas right hands of fellowship, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision;

10 T hey only, that we were to remember the poor, which very thing I was also eager to do.

only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

11 B ut when Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I protested and opposed him to his face, for he was blameable and stood condemned.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to face, because he was to be condemned:

12 F or up to the time that certain persons came from James, he ate his meals with the Gentile; but when the men arrived, he withdrew and held himself aloof from the Gentiles and separately for fear of those of the circumcision.

for before that certain came from James, he ate with the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of circumcision;

13 A nd the rest of the Jews along with him also concealed their true convictions and acted insincerely, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy (their example of insincerity and pretense).

and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation.

14 B ut as soon as I saw that they were not straightforward and were not living up to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas (Peter) before everybody present, If you, though born a Jew, can live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how do you dare now to urge and practically force the Gentiles to live like Jews?

But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?

15 A lthough we ourselves (you and I) are Jews by birth and not Gentile (heathen) sinners,

We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of nations,

16 Y et we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but through faith and reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). even we have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law, because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God).

but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.

17 B ut if, in our desire and endeavor to be justified in Christ, we have shown ourselves sinners also and convicted of sin, does that make Christ a minister (a party and contributor) to our sin? Banish the thought!

Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.

18 F or if I build up again what I tore down, I prove myself a transgressor.

For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.

19 F or I through the Law have myself died to the Law and all the Law’s demands upon me, so that I may live to and for God.

For I, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God.

20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, I, but Christ lives in me; but that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.

21 I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness by law, then Christ has died for nothing.