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But when ^(C1)Cephas came to ^(C2)Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he ^(F1)stood condemned.

For prior to the coming of some men from ^(F1)(C1)James, he used to ^(C2)eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and separate himself, ^(C3)fearing those from the circumcision.

The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even ^(C1)Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

But when I saw that they ^(C1)were not ^(F1)straightforward about ^(C2)the truth of the gospel, I said to ^(C3)Cephas in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, ^(C4)live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?^(F2)

"We are ^(C1)Jews by nature and not ^(C2)sinners from the Gentiles;

nevertheless, knowing that ^(C1)a person is not justified by works of ^(F1)the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by ^(C2)faith in Christ and not by works of ^(F1)the Law; since ^(C3)by works of ^(F1)the Law no ^(F2)flesh will be justified.

"But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found ^(C1)sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? ^(F1)(C2)Far from it!

"For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I ^(C1)prove myself to be a wrongdoer.

"For through ^(F1)the Law I ^(C1)died to ^(F1)the Law, so that I might live for God.

"I have been ^(C1)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but ^(C2)Christ lives in me; and ^(F1)the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^(C3)the Son of God, who ^(C4)loved me and ^(C5)gave Himself up for me.

"I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(C1)if righteousness comes through ^(F1)the Law, then Christ died needlessly."