and before I went up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I retired to Arabia, and afterwards returned to Damascus.

Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas, but I spent only two weeks with him;

Then, fourteen years later, I again went up to Jerusalem, with Barnabas, and took Titus with me too.

I went up under the guidance of a divine revelation. Now I laid before them the good news that I was in the habit of preaching among the heathen, but first I did so privately before the leaders, for fear that my course might be or might have been to no purpose.

But when I saw that they were not living up to the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas, and that before them all, "If you are living like a heathen and not like a Jew, although you are a Jew yourself, why do you try to make the heathen live like Jews?"

But before this faith came, we were kept locked up under the law, in preparation for the faith which was to be unveiled.

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba," that is, "Father."

I again insist that if any man lets himself be circumcised, he is under obligation to obey the whole law.

For the whole law is summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.