Galatians 2:2-4

Expanded Bible

² I went because ·God showed me I should go [^Lof a revelation]. There I met in private with ·the leaders of the church [or those who seemed to be leaders; or the prominent/influential ones] and I ·told [presented to; set before] them the ·Good News [Gospel] that I preach to the Gentiles. ·I did not want my past work and the work I am now doing to be wasted [^L…to make sure I was not running or had run in vain]. ³ Titus was with me, but he was not ·forced [compelled] to be circumcised [Gen. 17], even though he was a Greek. ⁴ ·We talked about this problem [This issue arose] because some false ·believers [^Lbrothers] had come into our group secretly. They came in ·like spies to overturn [to sabotage; ^Lto spy on] the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves.