Galater 2 | English Standard Version

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.

2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.

4 Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery—

5 to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.

6 And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.

7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised

8 (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

9 and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter

11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.*

13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;

16 yet we know that a person is not justified* by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness* were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

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الكتاب المقدس

الرسل يقبلون بولس

1 وَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، صَعِدْتُ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِصُحْبَةِ بَرْنَابَا، وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مَعِي تِيطُسَ أَيْضاً.

2 وَإِنَّمَا صَعِدْتُ إِلَيْهَا اسْتِجَابَةً لِلْوَحْيِ؛ وَبَسَطْتُ أَمَامَهُمُ الإِنْجِيلَ الَّذِي أُبَشِّرُ بِهِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَى انْفِرَادٍ أَمَامَ الْبَارِزِينَ فِيهِمْ، لِئَلّا يَكُونَ مَسْعَايَ فِي الْحَاضِرِ وَالْمَاضِي بِلا جَدْوَى.

3 وَلَكِنْ، حَتَّى تِيطُسُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُرَافِقُنِي وَهُوَ يُونَانِيٌّ، لَمْ يُضْطَرَّ أَنْ يُخْتَنَ.

4 إِنَّمَا أُثِيرَ الأَمْرُ بِسَبَبِ الإِخْوَةِ الْكَذَبَةِ الَّذِينَ أُدْخِلُوا بَيْنَنَا خُلْسَةً، فَانْدَسُّوا لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا حُرِّيَّتَنَا الَّتِي لَنَا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لَعَلَّهُمْ يُعِيدُونَنَا إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ؛

5 فَلَمْ نَخْضَعْ لَهُمْ مُسْتَسْلِمِينَ وَلَوْ لِسَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، لِيَبْقَى حَقُّ الإِنْجِيلِ ثَابِتاً عِنْدَكُمْ.

6 أَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُعْتَبَرُونَ مِنَ الْبَارِزِينَ، وَلا فَرْقَ عِنْدِي مَهْمَا كَانَتْ مَكَانَتُهُمْ مَادَامَ اللهُ لَا يُحَابِي إِنْسَاناً، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزِيدُوا شَيْئاً عَلَى مَا أُبَشِّرُ بِهِ.

7 بَلْ بِالْعَكْسِ، رَأَوْا أَنَّهُ عُهِدَ إِلَيَّ بِالإِنْجِيلِ لأَهْلِ عَدَمِ الْخِتَانِ، كَمَا عُهِدَ بِهِ إِلَى بُطْرُسَ لأَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ.

8 لأَنَّ الَّذِي اسْتَخْدَمَ بُطْرُسَ فِي رَسُولِيَّتِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ، اسْتَخْدَمَنِي أَيْضاً بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ.

9 فَلَمَّا اتَّضَحَتِ النِّعْمَةُ الْمَوْهُوبَةُ لِي عِنْدَ يَعْقُوبَ وَبُطْرُسَ وَيُوحَنَّا، وَهُمُ الْبَارِزُونَ بِاعْتِبَارِهِمْ أَعْمِدَةً، مَدُّوا إِلَيَّ وَإِلَى بَرْنَابَا أَيْدِيَهُمُ الْيُمْنَى إِشَارَةً إِلَى الْمُشَارَكَةِ، فَنَتَوَجَّهُ نَحْنُ إِلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ وَهُمْ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ،

10 عَلَى أَلّا نُغْفِلَ أَمْرَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَطَالَمَا اجْتَهَدْتُ فِي عَمَلِ ذَلِكَ.

مواجهة بولس لبطرس

11 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ بُطْرُسُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، قَاوَمْتُهُ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْتَحِقُّ أَنْ يُلامَ.

12 إِذْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ يَعْقُوبَ، كَانَ بُطْرُسُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَ الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ مِنَ الأُمَمِ؛ وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا أَتَى أُولئِكَ، انْسَحَبَ وَعَزَلَ نَفْسَهُ، خَوْفاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ.

13 وَجَارَاهُ فِي نِفَاقِهِ بَاقِي الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ. حَتَّى إِنَّ بَرْنَابَا أَيْضاً انْسَاقَ إِلَى نِفَاقِهِم.

14 فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْلُكُونَ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ تُوَافِقُ حَقَّ الإِنْجِيلِ، قُلْتُ لِبُطْرُسَ أَمَامَ الْحَاضِرِينَ جَمِيعاً: «إِنْ كُنْتَ وَأَنْتَ يَهُودِيٌّ تَعِيشُ كَالأُمَمِ لَا كَالْيَهُودِ، فَكَيْفَ تُجْبِرُ الأُمَمَ أَنْ يَعِيشُوا كَالْيَهُودِ؟»

15 نَحْنُ يَهُودٌ بِالْوِلادَةِ، وَلَسْنَا أُمَماً خَاطِئِينَ.

16 وَلَكِنَّنَا، إِذْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ بَلْ فَقَطْ بِالإِيمَانِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، آمَنَّا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لِنَتَبَرَّرَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِهِ، لَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لأَنَّهُ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ لَا يُبَرَّرُ أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ.

17 وَلَكِنْ، إِنْ كُنَّا وَنَحْنُ نَسْعَى أَنْ نَتَبَرَّرَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، قَدْ وُجِدْنَا خَاطِئِينَ أَيْضاً، فَهَلْ يَكُونُ الْمَسِيحُ خَادِماً لِلْخَطِيئَةِ؟ حَاشَا!

18 فَإِذَا عُدْتُ أَبْنِي مَا قَدْ هَدَمْتُهُ، فَإِنِّي أَجْعَلُ نَفْسِي مُخَالِفاً.

19 فَإِنَّنِي، بِالشَّرِيعَةِ، قَدْ مُتُّ عَنِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لِكَيْ أَحْيَا لِلهِ.

20 مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ صُلِبْتُ، فَأَحْيَا لا أَنَا بَلِ الْمَسِيحُ يَحْيَا فِيَّ. أَمَّا الْحَيَاةُ الَّتِي أَحْيَاهَا الآنَ فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَإِنَّمَا أَحْيَاهَا بِالإِيمَانِ فِي ابنِ اللهِ، الَّذِي أَحَبَّنِي وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِّي.

21 إِنِّي لَا أُبْطِلُ فَاعِلِيَّةَ نِعْمَةِ اللهِ، إِذْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبِرُّ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ، لَكَانَ مَوْتُ الْمَسِيحِ عَمَلاً لَا دَاعِيَ لَهُ.

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