(But not even Titus, the one with me, a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.)

From those leaders I gained nothing new. Whether they were men of importance or not, matters nothing to me--God recognizes no external distinctions. To me, at any rate, the leaders imparted nothing new.

But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

(for He who equipped Peter to be an apostle of the circumcised equipped me as well for the uncircumcised),

Recognizing the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the Church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow-workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.

Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Brethren, I beseech you, be ye as I am; for I also am as ye were: ye have not injured me at all.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

And ye did not slight or disdain my temptation which was in the flesh, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

With me, however, far be it! to be boasting, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, - whereby, unto me, a world hath been crucified, and, I, unto a world;

Let nobody interfere with me after this, for I bear on my body the scars that mark me as a slave of Jesus.