1 Then after fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.
2 I went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the gospel that I preach to the Gentiles--but privately to those of repute--so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.
3 Moreover, not even Titus, who was with me, although he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised,
4 but because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might enslave us--
5 to them we did not submit even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain intact for you.
6 But from those who were reputed to be important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)--those of repute made me add nothing.
7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter to the circumcised,
8 for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles,
9 and when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Kephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
10 Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which is the very thing I was eager to do.
11 And when Kephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong.
12 For, until some people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separated himself, because he was afraid of the circumcised.
13 And the rest of the Jews (also) acted hypocritically along with him, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.
14 But when I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Kephas in front of all, "If you, though a Jew, are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
15 We, who are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles,
16 (yet) who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
17 But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Of course not!
18 But if I am building up again those things that I tore down, then I show myself to be a transgressor.
19 For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ;
20 yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me.
21 I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Versículos relacionados com Galatians, 2:
Galatians 2 deals with the conflict between Paul and the Judaizers who taught that the Gentiles needed to follow the Mosaic law to be saved. In this chapter Paul defends his apostolic authority and his message of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, not by the works of the law. He also reports his encounter with Peter in Antioch, where Peter acted hypocritically as he walked away from the Gentiles because of the pressure of the Judaizers. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Galatians 2:
Romans 3:28: "We therefore conclude that man is justified by faith, regardless of the works of the law." This verse reaffirms Paul's central message in Galatians 2 that salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ, not by the works of the law.
Ephesians 2:8-9: "For by grace you are saved, through faith; and this does not come from you, it is the gift of God; not from works, so that no one can glorious." This verse also reinforces the idea that salvation is by the grace of God, received by faith, and not by the works of the law.
Acts 15:1: "Then some men who had descended from Judea taught their brothers, If you do not circumcise to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." This verse illustrates the conflict between the Judaizers and the Gentile Christians, who believed that circumcision and obedience to the law were necessary for salvation.
Acts 15:10: "Now why do you try God, putting on the cervix of the disciples a yoke that neither our parents nor we could stand?" This verse is a declaration of Peter during the Council of Jerusalem, where he acknowledged that the Mosaic law was too heavy for the Gentiles and that they were saved by the grace of God, just like the Jews.
Colossians 2:16-17: "Therefore, no one judges you for eating, or drinking, or because of the days of feast, or the new moon, or the Saturdays, which are shadows of things that will come; but the body It is from Christ. " This verse emphasizes that the practices of the Mosaic Law, such as the days of feast and the Saturdays, were shadows of what was to come in Christ and were no longer necessary for salvation.
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