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Galatians 2:2

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the Apostles the Good News that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of, for fear that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.

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Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents, and as blameless as doves.

Every voice in the assembly was hushed, as they listened to Barnabas and Paul, while they gave an account of all the signs and wonders which God had shown among the Gentiles through them.

This gave rise to a serious dispute, and much discussion, between Paul and Barnabas and these men, and it was therefore settled that Paul and Barnabas and others of their number should go up to Jerusalem, to consult the Apostles and Officers of the Church about the matter under discussion.

On their arrival at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the Church, as well as by the Apostles and the Officers, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do.

One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision: "Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;

That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said: "Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also."

But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the Law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.

So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God's mercy.

We are proclaiming Christ crucified!-to the Jews an obstacle, to the Gentiles mere folly,

For I had determined that, while with you, I would know nothing but Jesus Christ-and him crucified!

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box-not like a man hitting the air.

I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.

I, at least, did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through a revelation made by Jesus Christ.

Saw fit to reveal his Son in me, so that I might tell the Good News of him among the Gentiles, then at once, instead of consulting any human being,

I am astonished at your so soon deserting him, who called you through the love of Christ, for a different 'Good News,'

Of those who are thought somewhat highly of--what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions--those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my Message.

Recognizing the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the Church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow-workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the Truth?

Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in great honour.

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

I have run the great Race; I have finished the Course; I have kept the Faith.

Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,




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