Galatians 2
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Then after fourteen years a I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.
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And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but b privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means c I might run, or had run, in vain.
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Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
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And this occurred because of d false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our e liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, f that they might bring us into bondage),
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to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that g the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
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But from those h who seemed to be something - whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; i God shows personal favoritism to no man - for those who seemed to be something j added nothing to me.
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But on the contrary, k when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised l had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter
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(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the m circumcised n also o worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),
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and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be p pillars, perceived q the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, r that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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They desired only that we should remember the poor, s the very thing which I also was eager to do.
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t Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;
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for before certain men came from James, u he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
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And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
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But when I saw that they were not straightforward about v the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter w before them all, x "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?
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y "We who are Jews by nature, and not z sinners of the Gentiles,
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a "knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but b by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not c by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
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"But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found d sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!
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"For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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"For I e through the law f died to the law that I might g live to God.
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"I have been h crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh i I live by faith in the Son of God, j who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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"I do not set aside the grace of God; for k if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain."
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Acts 15:2
Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.
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Acts 15:1 - 4
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Romans 9:16
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him ...
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those who run in a race al...
Galatians 5:7
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the...
Philippians 2:16
Holding fast the word of life, so that I may re...
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could no longer endure ...
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished t...
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by s...
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Acts 15:1
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, " You must be circumcised and keep the law" - to whom we gave no such commandment -
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren.
Galatians 1:7
Which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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Galatians 3:25
But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
James 1:25
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Galatians 4:3
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
Galatians 4:9
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
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Galatians 1:6
I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel.
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Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Acts 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
Romans 2:11
For there is no partiality with God.
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2 Corinthians 11:5
For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 22:21
"Then He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.'"
Romans 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry.
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1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
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1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
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Galatians 3:5
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -
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Matthew 16:18
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
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Romans 1:5
Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name.
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Acts 13:3
Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
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Acts 11:30
This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 15:35
Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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Acts 10:28
Then he said to them, "You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Acts 11:2
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him.
Acts 11:3
Saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!
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Galatians 1:6
I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel.
Galatians 2:5
To whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel.
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1 Timothy 5:20
Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.
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Acts 10:28
Then he said to them, "You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
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Acts 15:10
Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
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Acts 13:38
Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins.
Acts 13:39
And by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Galatians 3:11
But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith.
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Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith.
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Psalms 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
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Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
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Romans 6:2
Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another - to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
1 Corinthians 9:20
And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law.
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Romans 6:11
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
Galatians 5:24
And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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Romans 6:8 - 11
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
Ephesians 2:4 - 6
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.
Colossians 3:1 - 4
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
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Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Hebrews 7:11
Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?
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