11 ^eBut when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, ^fhe was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing ^gthe circumcision party.¹ 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?”

15 We ourselves are ^hJews by birth and not Gentile ⁱsinners; 16 yet we know that ^ja person is not justified² by works of the law but ^kthrough ^lfaith 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 ^mno 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 ⁿI died to the law, so that I might ^olive to God. 20 I have been ^pcrucified with Christ. It is ^qno longer ^rI who live, ^sbut 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 ^tand gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness³ were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.