Epistula ad Galatas, 2

1. Deinde post annos quattuor decim, iterum ascendi Hieroso lymam cum Barnaba, assumpto et Tito;

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

2. ascendi autem secundum revelationem; et contuli cum illis evangelium, quod praedico in gentibus, seorsum autem his, qui observabantur, ne forte in vacuum currerem aut cucurrissem.

2. I went up by revelation; and I laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vain.

3. Sed neque Titus, qui mecum erat, cum esset Graecus, compulsus est circumcidi.

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

4. Sed propter subintroductos falsos fratres, qui subintroierunt explorare libertatem nostram, quam habemus in Christo Iesu, ut nos in servitutem redigerent;

4. But because of false brethren secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage --

5. quibus neque ad horam cessimus subicientes nos, ut veritas evangelii permaneat apud vos.

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

6. Ab his autem, qui videbantur esse aliquid — quales aliquando fuerint, nihil mea interest; Deus personam hominis non accipit — mihi enim, qui observabantur, nihil contulerunt,

6. And from those who were reputed to be something (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) -- those, I say, who were of repute added nothing to me;

7. sed e contra, cum vidissent quod creditum est mihi evangelium praeputii, sicut Petro circumcisionis

7. but 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. — qui enim operatus est Petro in apostolatum circumcisionis, operatus est et mihi inter gentes —

8. (for he who worked through Peter for the mission to the circumcised worked through me also for the Gentiles),

9. et cum cognovissent gratiam, quae data est mihi, Iacobus et Cephas et Ioannes, qui videbantur columnae esse, dexteras dederunt mihi et Barnabae communionis, ut nos in gentes, ipsi autem in circumcisionem;

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

10. tantum ut pauperum memores essemus, quod etiam sollicitus fui hoc ipsum facere.

10. only they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do.

11. Cum autem venisset Cephas Antiochiam, in faciem ei restiti, quia reprehensibilis erat.

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

12. Prius enim quam venirent quidam ab Iacobo, cum gentibus comedebat; cum autem venissent, subtrahebat et segregabat se, timens eos, qui ex circumcisione erant.

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

13. Et simulationi eius consenserunt ceteri Iudaei, ita ut et Barnabas simul abduceretur illorum simulatione.

13. And with him the rest of the Jews acted insincerely, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their insincerity.

14. Sed cum vidissem quod non recte ambularent ad veritatem evangelii, dixi Cephae coram omnibus: “Si tu, cum Iudaeus sis, gentiliter et non Iudaice vivis, quomodo gentes cogis iudaizare?”.

14. But when I saw that they were not straightforward about 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 compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

15. Nos natura Iudaei et non ex gentibus peccatores,

15. We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

16. scientes autem quod non iustificatur homo ex operibus legis, nisi per fidem Iesu Christi, et nos in Christum Iesum credidimus, ut iustificemur ex fide Christi et non ex operibus legis, quoniam ex operibus legis non iustificabitur omnis caro.

16. yet who know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we 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 shall no one be justified.

17. Quodsi quaerentes iustificari in Christo, inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores, numquid Christus peccati minister est? Absit!

17. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not!

18. Si enim, quae destruxi, haec iterum aedifico, praevaricatorem me constituo.

18. But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor.

19. Ego enim per legem legi mortuus sum, ut Deo vivam. Christo confixus sum cruci;

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

20. vivo autem iam non ego, vivit vero in me Christus; quod autem nunc vivo in carne, in fide vivo Filii Dei, qui dilexit me et tradidit seipsum pro me.

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. Non irritam facio gratiam Dei; si enim per legem iustitia, ergo Christus gratis mortuus est.

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