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Then after an interval of fourteen years I ^(C1)went up again to Jerusalem with ^(C2)Barnabas, taking ^(C3)Titus along also.

^(F1)It was because of a ^(C1)revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the ^(C2)gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that somehow I might be ^(C3)running, or had run, in vain.

But not even ^(C1)Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was ^(C2)compelled to be circumcised.

Yet it was a concern because of the ^(C1)false brothers secretly brought in, who ^(C2)had sneaked in to spy on our ^(C3)freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^(C4)enslave us.

But we did not yield in subjection to them, even for an hour, so that ^(C1)the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

But from those who ^(F1)were of considerable ^(C1)repute (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(C2)God shows no favoritism)—well, those who were of repute contributed nothing to me.

But on the contrary, seeing that I had been ^(C1)entrusted with the ^(C2)gospel ^(F1)to the uncircumcised, just as ^(C3)Peter had been ^(F2)to the circumcised

(for He who was at work for Peter in his ^(C1)apostleship ^(F1)to the circumcised was at work for me also to the Gentiles),

and recognizing ^(C1)the grace that had been given to me, ^(F1)(C2)James and ^(F2)(C3)Cephas and John, who were ^(C4)reputed to be ^(C5)pillars, gave to me and ^(C6)Barnabas the ^(C7)right ^(F3)hand of fellowship, so that we might ^(C8)go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

They only asked us to remember the poor—^(C1)the very thing I also was eager to do.