Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
- KJV Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
- BSB Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
- NKJV Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.
- NLT Then fourteen years later I went back to Jerusalem again, this time with Barnabas; and Titus came along, too.
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Quick answer
After fourteen years Paul went again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus. His rare visits show he was not dependent on Jerusalem for his ministry.
Overview
Paul resumes his chronology, noting a long interval before this further trip to Jerusalem. Bringing Titus, an uncircumcised Greek, sets the stage for the controversy over whether Gentiles must keep the law. The account demonstrates both his independence and his concern for unity with the other apostles.
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- Gal 2:3But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
- Gal 1:18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days.
- Acts 15:25it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
- 2 Cor 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
- Acts 13:2As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
- Acts 4:36–37Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
- 1 Cor 9:6Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
- Titus 1:4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
- Acts 15:2–4Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
- Acts 11:30which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
- Acts 11:25Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.
- Acts 15:36–39After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
- Col 4:10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
- Acts 14:12They called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.
- 2 Cor 8:16But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
- Gal 2:13And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
- Acts 12:25Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John who was called Mark.
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