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The Book of Galatians, Chapter 2, Verse 11

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But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
King James Version
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
American Standard Version
For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision.
New English Translation
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”
World English Bible
But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
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But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
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We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
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Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
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For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
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I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?