Galatians
Chapter 2: 1-10
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
1Fourteen
years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along
also. 2I went in response to a revelation and set before them
the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed
to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain. 3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be
circumcised, even though he was a Greek. 4This matter arose
because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in
Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5We did not give in to
them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
6As for
those who seemed to be important—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God
does not judge by external appearance—those men added nothing to my message. 7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task
of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews. 8For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle
to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles. 9James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and
Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They
agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews. 10All
they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to
do.
