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12 For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him, insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their hypocrisy.

14 But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, dost live after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

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12 For before certain men came from James,(A) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(B) 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.(C) 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas(D) was led astray.

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(E) I said to Cephas(F) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(G) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(H)

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