1По-късно, след четиринадесет години, пак отидох в Йерусалим с Варнава, като взех със себе си и Тит.2А отидох по откровение и им предложих благовестието, което аз проповядвам сред езичниците. Представих го насаме и на най-видните, за да не би да тичам или да съм тичал напразно.3Дори и Тит, който беше с мене, макар и елин, не бе принуден да се обреже.4Колкото за промъкналите се лъжебратя, които дойдоха да наблюдават тайно нашата свобода, която имаме чрез Иисус Христос, та да ни поробят –5пред тях нито за миг не отстъпихме и не се подчинихме, за да се запази у вас истината на благовестието.6А що се отнася до най-видните – каквито и да са били те някога, все ми е едно, защото Бог не съди за човека по вида му, – те нищо не добавиха към казаното от мене.7Дори, напротив – видяха, че на мене е поверено да благовестя на необрязаните, както на Петър – на обрязаните,8понеже Онзи, Който помогна на Петър в апостолството сред обрязаните, помогна и на мене между езичниците.9Яков, Кифа и Йоан, смятани за стълбове, като узнаха за дадената ми благодат, подадоха на мене и на Варнава ръка за общуване, за да отидем ние при езичниците, а те – при обрязаните.10Те ни поръчаха само да помним бедните, което и се постарах да изпълня точно.
Апостолите Петър и Павел в Антиохия
11А когато Петър дойде в Антиохия, аз му възразих открито, понеже заслужаваше укор.12Защото преди да пристигнат някои хора от Яков, той ядеше заедно с езичниците, а когато те дойдоха, отдръпна се и започна да страни, като се боеше от обрязаните.13Заедно с него на лицемерие се поддадоха и другите юдеи, тъй че дори и Варнава се увлече от лицемерието им.14Но като видях, че те постъпват не според евангелската истина, казах на Петър пред всички: „Ако ти, който си юдеин, живееш по езически, а не по юдейски, защо караш езичниците да живеят по юдейски?“15Ние по рождение сме юдеи, а не грешни езичници.16Обаче като узнахме, че човек се оправдава не чрез дела пред Бога според закона, а само чрез вяра в Иисус Христос, и ние повярвахме в Иисус Христос, за да се оправдаем чрез вярата в Христос, а не чрез дела по закона, защото чрез дела по закона няма да се оправдае никой човек.17Ако пък, търсейки да се оправдаем чрез Христос, самите ние също се оказахме грешници, нима Христос е служител на греха? Разбира се, не!18Защото, ако аз отново градя това, което съм разрушил, сам себе си правя престъпник.19Но аз чрез закона умрях за закона, за да живея за Бога. Разпънах се с Христос20и вече не аз живея, а Христос живее в мене. А дето живея сега в плът, живея с вярата в Божия Син, Който ме обикна и отдаде живота Си за мене.21Не отхвърлям Божията благодат, защото, ако оправдаването става чрез закона, тогава Христос умря напразно.
New International Reader’s Version
Paul is accepted by the apostles
1Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem. This time I went with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.2I went because God showed me what he wanted me to do. I spoke in private to those who are respected as leaders. I told them the good news that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t running my race for no purpose. And I wanted to know that I had not been running my race for no purpose.3Titus was with me. He was a Greek. But even he was not forced to be circumcised.4This matter came up because some people had slipped in among us. They had pretended to be believers. They wanted to find out about the freedom we have because we belong to Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves again.5We didn’t give in to them for a moment. We did this so that the truth of the good news would be kept safe for you.6Some people in Jerusalem were thought to be important. But it makes no difference to me what they were. God does not treat people differently. Those people added nothing to my message.7In fact, it was just the opposite. They recognised the task I had been trusted with. It was the task of preaching the good news to the Gentiles. My task was like Peter’s task. He had been trusted with the task of preaching to the Jews.8God was working in Peter as an apostle to the Jews. God was also working in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.9James, Peter and John are respected as pillars in the church. They recognised the special grace given to me. So they shook my hand and the hand of Barnabas. They wanted to show they accepted us. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles. They would go to the Jews.10They asked only one thing. They wanted us to continue to remember poor people. That was what I had wanted to do all along.
Paul opposes Peter
11When Peter came to Antioch, I told him to his face that I was against what he was doing. He was clearly wrong.12He used to eat with the Gentiles. But certain men came from a group sent by James. When they arrived, Peter began to draw back. He separated himself from the Gentiles. That’s because he was afraid of the circumcision group sent by James.13Peter’s actions were not honest, and other Jews in Antioch joined him. Even Barnabas was led astray.14I saw what they were doing. It was not in line with the truth of the good news. So I spoke to Peter in front of them all. ‘You are a Jew,’ I said. ‘But you live like one who is not. So why do you force Gentiles to follow Jewish ways?’15We are Jews by birth. We are not sinful Gentiles.16Here is what we know. No one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. This is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ. We are not made right by obeying the law. That’s because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.17We are seeking to be made right with God through Christ. As we do, what if we find that we who are Jews are also sinners? Does that mean that Christ causes us to sin? Certainly not!18Suppose I build again what I had destroyed. Then I would really be breaking the law.19By the law, I died as far as the law is concerned. I died so that I might live for God.20I have been crucified with Christ. I don’t live any longer, but Christ lives in me. Now I live my life in my body by faith in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself for me.21I do not get rid of the grace of God. What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!
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