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Galatians 2:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

On the contrary, when they saw I had been entrusted with the gospel for the benefit of the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been for the circumcised

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But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.

no, God has attested our fitness to be entrusted with the gospel, and so we tell the gospel not to satisfy men but to satisfy the God who tests our hearts.

and when he chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him to the Gentiles, instead of consulting with any human being,

Of that gospel I have been appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,

as laid down by that glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

and when they recognized the grace I had been given, then the so-called 'pillars' of the church, James and Cephas and John, gave myself and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. Our sphere was to be the Gentiles, theirs the circumcised.

And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord means salvation; as indeed our beloved brother Paul has written to you out of the wisdom vouchsafed to him,

I get a reward if I do it of my own accord, whereas to do it otherwise is no more than for a steward to discharge his trust.

Be sure of this, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen to it."

But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not responsible! After this I will go to the Gentiles."

So the whole meeting was quieted and listened to Barnabas and Paul recounting the signs and wonders God had performed by them among the Gentiles.

I tell you this, you Gentiles, that as an apostle to the Gentiles I lay great stress on my office,

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

I am astonished you are hastily shifting like this, deserting Him who called you by Christ's grace and going over to another gospel.

Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to make the acquaintance of Cephas. I stayed a fortnight with him.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face. The man stood self-condemned.

But I saw they were swerving from the true line of the gospel; so I said to Cephas in presence of them all, "If you live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, though you are a Jew yourself, why do you oblige the Gentiles to become Jews?" —




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