First ReadingGalatians 2:1-2, 7-14
From the Letter of Paul to the Galatians
1Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas,taking Titus also with me.2I went up by revelation,and I laid before them the Good Newswhich I preach among the Gentiles,but privately before those who were respected,for fear that I might be running,or had run, in vain. verses 3–6 are not read7but to the contrary,when they sawthat I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised,even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—8for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—9and when they perceived the grace that was given to me,James and Cephas and John,those who were reputed to be pillars,gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship,that we should go to the Gentiles,and they to the circumcision.10They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
11But when Peter came to Antioch,I resisted him to his face,because he stood condemned.12For before some people came from James,he ate with the Gentiles.But when they came,he drew back and separated himself,fearing those who were of the circumcision.13And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy,so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.14But when I sawthat they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News,I said to Peter before them all,“If you, being a Jew,live as the Gentiles do,and not as the Jews do,why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?