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PAUL AT (Bible text) Acts 11:19-21; Galatians 2 Acts 11 19 Now those who were scattered after the
persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as 20 But some of them were men from 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and
a great number believed and turned to the Lord. (NKJV) Galatians 2 1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to
2 And I went up by revelation, and
communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but
privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or
had run, in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a
Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 4 And this occurred because of false brethren
secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we
have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), 5 to whom we did not yield submission even for
an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue
with you. 6 But from those who seemed to be
something--whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal
favoritism to no man--for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me. 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the
gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised
was to Peter 8 (for He who worked effectively in Peter for
the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the
Gentiles), 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. 10 They desired only that we should remember
the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do. 11 Now when Peter had come to 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. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the
hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their
hypocrisy. 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? 15 "We who are Jews by nature, and not
sinners of the Gentiles, 16 "knowing that a man is not justified
by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in
Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the
works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. 17 "But if, while we seek to be justified
by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister
of sin? Certainly not! 18 "For if I build again those things
which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 "For I through the law died to the law
that I might live to God. 20 "I have been 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 live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself
for me. 21 "I do not set aside
the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died
in vain." (NKJV) |