Gal 2:11-18, Eph 2:11-22 | ESV | STEP | But when Cephas came to Antioch , I opposed him to his face , because he stood condemned .

Galatians 2:11-18

Paul Opposes Peter

11 But ^awhen Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him ^bto his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, ^che was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing ^dthe circumcision party. ^{▼▼Or fearing those of the circumcision} 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their ^fconduct was not in step with ^gthe truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas ^hbefore them all, “If you, though a Jew, ⁱlive like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^jGentile sinners; 16 yet we know that ^ka person is not justified ^{▼▼Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17} by works of the law ^mbut through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, ⁿbecause by works of the law no one will be justified.

17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^oto be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

Ephesians 2:11-22

One in Christ

11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called ^pthe circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember ^qthat you were at that time separated from Christ, ^ralienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^sthe covenants of promise, ^thaving no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^ufar off have been brought near ^vby the blood of Christ. 14 For ^whe himself is our peace, ^xwho has made us both one and has broken down ^yin his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^zordinances, that he might create in himself one ^aanew man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might ^abreconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and ^acpreached peace to you who were ^adfar off and peace to those who were ^aenear. 18 For ^afthrough him we both have ^agaccess in ^ahone Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^aistrangers and aliens, ^{▼▼Or sojourners} but you are ^akfellow citizens with the saints and ^almembers of the household of God, 20 ^ambuilt on the foundation of the ^anapostles and prophets, ^aoChrist Jesus himself being ^apthe cornerstone, 21 ^aqin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^ara holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him ^asyou also are being built together ^atinto a dwelling place for God by ^{▼▼Or in} the Spirit.