Àwọn aposteli tẹ́wọ́ gba Paulu
12.1: Ap 15.2.Lẹ́yìn ọdún mẹ́rìnlá, ni mo tún gòkè lọ sì Jerusalẹmu pẹ̀lú Barnaba, mo sì mú Titu lọ pẹ̀lú mi. 2Mo gòkè lọ nípa ohun ti a fihàn mi, mo fi ìhìnrere náà tí mo ń wàásù láàrín àwọn aláìkọlà yé àwọn tí ó jẹ́ ẹni ńlá nínú wọn, èyí i nì ní ìkọ̀kọ̀, kí èmi kí ó má ba á sáré, tàbí kí ó máa ba à jẹ́ pé mo ti sáré lásán. 3Ṣùgbọ́n a kò fi agbára mú Titu tí ó wà pẹ̀lú mi, ẹni tí í ṣe ara Giriki láti kọlà. 4Ọ̀rọ̀ yìí wáyé nítorí àwọn èké arákùnrin tí wọn yọ́ wọ inú àárín wa láti yọ́ òmìnira wa wò, èyí tí àwa ni nínú Kristi Jesu, kí wọn lè mú wa wá sínú ìdè. 52.5: Ap 15.23-29.Àwọn ẹni ti a kò fún ni àǹfààní láti gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ wọn fún ìṣẹ́jú kan; kí ẹ̀yin kí o lè máa tẹ̀síwájú nínú òtítọ́ ìhìnrere náà.
62.6: De 10.17.Ṣùgbọ́n ní ti àwọn tí ó dàbí ẹni pàtàkì—ohunkóhun tí ó wù kì wọn jásí, kò jẹ́ nǹkan kan fún mi; Ọlọ́run kò fi bí ẹnikẹ́ni ṣe rí ṣe ìdájọ́ rẹ̀—àwọn ènìyàn yìí kò fi ohunkóhun kún ọ̀rọ̀ mi. 7Ṣùgbọ́n kàkà bẹ́ẹ̀, nígbà tí wọn rí i pé a tí fi ìhìnrere tí àwọn aláìkọlà le mi lọ́wọ́, bí a tí fi ìhìnrere tí àwọn onílà lé Peteru lọ́wọ́. 8Nítorí Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí ó ṣiṣẹ́ nínú iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ Peteru gẹ́gẹ́ bí aposteli sí àwọn Júù, òun kan náà ni ó ṣiṣẹ́ nínú iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ mi gẹ́gẹ́ bí aposteli sí àwọn aláìkọlà. 9Jakọbu, Peteru, àti Johanu, àwọn ẹni tí ó dàbí ọ̀wọ́n, fún èmi àti Barnaba ni ọwọ́ ọ̀tún ìdàpọ̀ nígbà tí wọ́n rí oore-ọ̀fẹ́ tí a fi fún mi, wọ́n sì gbà pé kí àwa náà tọ àwọn aláìkọlà lọ, nígbà ti àwọn náà lọ sọ́dọ̀ àwọn Júù. 10Ohun gbogbo tí wọ́n béèrè fún ni wí pé, kí a máa rántí àwọn tálákà, ohun kan náà gan an tí mo ń làkàkà láti ṣe.
Paulu tako Peteru
112.11: Ap 11.19-26.Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Peteru wá sí Antioku, mo takò ó lójú ara rẹ̀, nítorí tí ó jẹ̀bi, mo sì bá a wí. 12Nítorí pé kí àwọn kan tí ó ti ọ̀dọ̀ Jakọbu wá tó dé, ó ti ń ba àwọn aláìkọlà jẹun; Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí wọ́n dé, ó fàsẹ́yìn, ó sì ya ara rẹ̀ sọ́tọ̀ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn aláìkọlà nítorí ó bẹ̀rù àwọn ti ó kọlà. 13Àwọn Júù tí ó kù pawọ́pọ̀ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ láti jùmọ̀ ṣe àgàbàgebè, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí wọn sì fi àgàbàgebè wọn si Barnaba lọ́nà.
14Nígbà tí mo rí i pé wọn kò rìn déédé gẹ́gẹ́ bí òtítọ́ ìhìnrere, mo wí fún Peteru níwájú gbogbo wọn pé, “Bí ìwọ, tí ì ṣe Júù ba ń rìn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwà àwọn kèfèrí, èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ń fi agbára mu àwọn keferi láti máa rìn bí àwọn Júù?
15“Àwa tí i ṣe Júù nípa ìbí, tí kì i sí ì ṣe ‘aláìkọlà ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀,’ 162.16: Sm 143.2; Ro 3.20.Tí a mọ̀ pé a kò dá ẹnikẹ́ni láre nípa iṣẹ́ òfin, bí kò ṣe nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Jesu Kristi, àní àwa pẹ̀lú gbà Jesu Kristi gbọ́, kí a bá a lè dá wa láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́ tí Kristi, kì í sì i ṣe nípa iṣẹ́ òfin: nítorí pé nípa iṣẹ́ òfin kò sí ènìyàn kan tí a ó dá láre.
17“Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àwa bá ń wá ọ̀nà láti rí ìdáláre nípa Kristi, ó di ẹ̀rí wí pé àwa pẹ̀lú jẹ́ ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀, ǹjẹ́ èyí ha jásí wí pé Kristi ń ṣe ìránṣẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bí? Kí a má rí ì! 18Nítorí pé bí mo bá sì tún gbé àwọn ohun tí mo tí wó palẹ̀ ró, mo fi ara mi hàn bí arúfin.
19“Nítorí pé nípa òfin, mo tí di òkú sí òfin, kí èmi lè wà láààyè sí Ọlọ́run. 202.20: Ga 1.4.A ti kàn mí mọ́ àgbélébùú pẹ̀lú Kristi, èmí kò sì wà láààyè mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n Kristi ń gbé inú mi wíwà tí mo sì wà láààyè nínú ara, mo wà láààyè nínú ìgbàgbọ́ ọmọ Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí o fẹ́ mi, tí ó sì fi òun tìkára rẹ̀ fún mi. 21Èmi kò ya oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run sí apá kan: nítorí pé bí a bá le ti ipasẹ̀ òfin jèrè òdodo, a jẹ́ pé Kristi kú lásán.”
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
1Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. 2I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. 3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. 4This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
6As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message. 7On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,2:7 That is, Gentiles just as Peter had been to the circumcised.2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9 8For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. 9James, Cephas2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14 and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. 10All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
Paul Opposes Cephas
11When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
15“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of… justified on the basis of the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
17“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
19“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.
