1 F ourteen years later I went again to Jerusalem. This time I took Barnabas. Titus went with us also.

Catorze anos depois, subi novamente a Jerusalém, dessa vez com Barnabé, levando também Tito comigo.

2 G od showed me in a special way I should go. I spoke to them about the Good News that I preach among the people who are not Jews. First of all, I talked alone to the important church leaders. I wanted them to know what I was preaching. I did not want that which I was doing or would be doing to be wasted.

Fui para lá por causa de uma revelação e expus diante deles o evangelho que prego entre os gentios, fazendo-o, porém, em particular aos que pareciam mais influentes, para não correr ou ter corrido inutilmente.

3 T itus was with me. Even being a Greek, he did not have to go through the religious act of becoming a Jew.

Mas nem mesmo Tito, que estava comigo, foi obrigado a circuncidar-se, apesar de ser grego.

4 S ome men who called themselves Christians asked about this. They got in our meeting without being asked. They came there to find out how free we are who belong to Christ. They tried to get us to be chained to the Law.

Essa questão foi levantada porque alguns falsos irmãos infiltraram-se em nosso meio para espionar a liberdade que temos em Cristo Jesus e nos reduzir à escravidão.

5 B ut we did not listen to them or do what they wanted us to do so the truth of the Good News might be yours.

Não nos submetemos a eles nem por um instante, para que a verdade do evangelho permanecesse com vocês.

6 T hose who seemed to be important church leaders did not help me. They did not teach me anything new. What they were, I do not care. God looks on us all as being the same.

Quanto aos que pareciam influentes — o que eram então não faz diferença para mim; Deus não julga pela aparência — tais homens influentes não me acrescentaram nada.

7 A nyway, they saw how I had been given the work of preaching the Good News to the people who are not Jews, as Peter had been given the work of preaching the Good News to the Jews.

Ao contrário, reconheceram que a mim havia sido confiada a pregação do evangelho aos incircuncisos, assim como a Pedro, aos circuncisos.

8 F or God helped Peter work with the Jews. He also helped me work with those who are not Jews.

Pois Deus, que operou por meio de Pedro como apóstolo aos circuncisos, também operou por meu intermédio para com os gentios.

9 J ames and Peter and John were thought of as being the head church leaders. They could see that God’s loving-favor had been given to me. Barnabas and I were joined together with them by shaking hands. Then we were sent off to work with the people who are not Jews. They were to work with the Jews.

Reconhecendo a graça que me fora concedida, Tiago, Pedro e João, tidos como colunas, estenderam a mão direita a mim e a Barnabé em sinal de comunhão. Eles concordaram em que devíamos nos dirigir aos gentios, e eles, aos circuncisos.

10 T hey asked us to do only one thing. We were to remember to help poor people. I think this is important also.

Somente pediram que nos lembrássemos dos pobres, o que me esforcei por fazer. Paulo Repreende a Pedro

11 B ut when Peter came to Antioch, I had to stand up against him because he was guilty.

Quando, porém, Pedro veio a Antioquia, enfrentei-o face a face, por sua atitude condenável.

12 P eter had been eating with the people who are not Jews. But after some men came who had been with James, he kept away from them. He was afraid of those who believe in the religious act of becoming a Jew.

Pois, antes de chegarem alguns da parte de Tiago, ele comia com os gentios. Quando, porém, eles chegaram, afastou-se e separou-se dos gentios, temendo os que eram da circuncisão.

13 T hen the rest of the Jews followed him because they were afraid to do what they knew they should do. Even Barnabas was fooled by those who pretended to be someone they were not.

Os demais judeus também se uniram a ele nessa hipocrisia, de modo que até Barnabé se deixou levar.

14 W hen I saw they were not honest about the truth of the Good News, I spoke to Peter in front of them all. I said, “If you are a Jew, but live like the people who are not Jews, why do you make the people who are not Jews live like the Jews?”

Quando vi que não estavam andando de acordo com a verdade do evangelho, declarei a Pedro, diante de todos: “Você é judeu, mas vive como gentio e não como judeu. Portanto, como pode obrigar gentios a viverem como judeus?

15 Y ou and I were born Jews. We were not sinners from among the people who are not Jews.

“Nós, judeus de nascimento e não ‘gentios pecadores’,

16 E ven so, we know we cannot become right with God by obeying the Law. A man is made right with God by putting his trust in Jesus Christ. For that reason, we have put our trust in Jesus Christ also. We have been made right with God because of our faith in Christ and not by obeying the Law. No man can be made right with God by obeying the Law.

sabemos que ninguém é justificado pela prática da Lei, mas mediante a fé em Jesus Cristo. Assim, nós também cremos em Cristo Jesus para sermos justificados pela fé em Cristo, e não pela prática da Lei, porque pela prática da Lei ninguém será justificado.

17 A s we try to become right with God by what Christ has done for us, what if we find we are sinners also? Does that mean Christ makes us sinners? No! Never!

“Se, porém, procurando ser justificados em Cristo descobrimos que nós mesmos somos pecadores, será Cristo então ministro do pecado? De modo algum!

18 B ut if I work toward being made right with God by keeping the Law, then I make myself a sinner.

Se reconstruo o que destruí, provo que sou transgressor.

19 T he Law has no power over me. I am dead to the Law. Now I can live for God.

Pois, por meio da Lei eu morri para a Lei, a fim de viver para Deus.

20 I have been put up on the cross to die with Christ. I no longer live. Christ lives in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by putting my trust in the Son of God. He was the One Who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Fui crucificado com Cristo. Assim, já não sou eu quem vive, mas Cristo vive em mim. A vida que agora vivo no corpo, vivo-a pela fé no filho de Deus, que me amou e se entregou por mim.

21 I say that we are not to put aside the loving-favor of God. If we could be made right with God by keeping the Law, then Christ died for nothing.

Não anulo a graça de Deus; pois, se a justiça vem pela Lei, Cristo morreu inutilmente!”