Galatians 2:6-17
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And from those v who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; w God shows no partiality) - those, I say, who seemed influential x added nothing to me.
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On the contrary, when they saw that I had been y entrusted with z the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
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(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),
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and when James and Cephas and John, v who seemed to be a pillars, perceived the b grace that was given to me, they c gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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Only, they asked us to remember the poor, d the very thing I was eager to do.
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But e when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him f to his face, because he stood condemned.
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For before certain men came from James, g he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing h the circumcision party.
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And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
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But when I saw that their i conduct was not in step with j the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas k before them all, "If you, though a Jew, l live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
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We ourselves are Jews by birth and not m Gentile sinners;
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yet we know that n a person is not justified by works of the law o but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, p because by works of the law no one will be justified.
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But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found q to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
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Galatians 2:2
I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
Galatians 2:9
And when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Acts 5:36
For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
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2 Corinthians 11:5
Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
1 Timothy 1:11
In accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.
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Galatians 1:16
Was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Galatians 2:6
And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) - those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.
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Jeremiah 1:18
And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
Revelation 3:12
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
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Romans 1:5
Through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.
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2 Peter 3:15
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him.
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Acts 24:17
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Acts 15:35
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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Job 21:31
Who declares his way to his face, and who repays him for what he has done?
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Acts 11:3
"You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?
Acts 10:28
And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them.
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Acts 11:2
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying.
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Hebrews 12:13
And make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
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Galatians 2:5
To them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
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1 Timothy 5:20
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
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Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.
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Galatians 2:17
But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Galatians 3:11
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith.
Acts 13:39
And by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
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Romans 9:30
What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith.
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Romans 3:20
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Psalms 143:2
Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
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Galatians 2:15
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners.
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