1 and John realized that God had given me the message about his gift of undeserved grace. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews.
10They only asked us to remember the poor, and this was something I had always been eager to do.
Paul Corrects Peter at Antioch11When Peter came to Antioch, I told him face to face that he was wrong.
12He used to eat with Gentile followers of the Lord, until James sent some Jewish followers. Peter was afraid of the Jews and soon stopped eating with Gentiles.
13He and the others hid their true feelings so well that even Barnabas was fooled.
14But when I saw they were not really obeying the truth that is in the good news, I corrected Peter in front of everyone and said:
Peter, you are a Jew, but you live like a Gentile. So how can you force Gentiles to live like Jews?
15We are Jews by birth and are not sinners like Gentiles.
16Ps 143.2; Ro 3.20; Ro 3.22. But we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by simply obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, and God accepted us because of our faith.
17When we Jews started looking for a way to please God, we discovered that we are sinners too. Does this mean that Christ is the one who makes us sinners? No, it doesn't!
18But if I tear down something and then build it again, I prove that I was wrong at first.
19It was the Law itself that killed me and freed me from its power, so I could live for God.
I have been nailed to the cross with Christ.
20I have died, but Christ lives in me. And I now live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
21I don't turn my back on God's gift of undeserved grace. If we can be acceptable to God by obeying the Law, it was useless for Christ to die.
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