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But when ^(ac)Cephas came to ^(ad)Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he ^[i]stood condemned.

For prior to the coming of certain men from ^[j](ae)James, he used to ^(af)eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, ^(ag)fearing ^[k]the party of the circumcision.

The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even ^(ah)Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

But when I saw that they ^(ai)were not ^[l]straightforward about ^(aj)the truth of the gospel, I said to ^(ak)Cephas in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, ^(al)live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? ^[m]

"We are ^(am)Jews by nature and not ^(an)sinners from among the Gentiles;

nevertheless knowing that ^(ao)a man is not justified by the works of ^[n]the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by ^(ap)faith in Christ and not by the works of ^[o]the Law; since ^(aq)by the works of ^[p]the Law no ^[q]flesh will be justified.

But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found ^(ar)sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? ^(as)May it never be!

For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I ^(at)prove myself to be a transgressor.

For through ^[r]the Law I ^(au)died to ^[s]the Law, so that I might live to God.

I have been ^(av)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but ^(aw)Christ lives in me; and ^[t]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^(ax)the Son of God, who ^(ay)loved me and ^(az)gave Himself up for me.

I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(ba)if righteousness comes through ^[u]the Law, then Christ died needlessly."