KJV:
Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
NASB:
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
KJV:
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
NASB:
But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.
KJV:
I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
NASB:
Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.
KJV:
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
NASB:
And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
KJV:
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
NASB:
For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
KJV:
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
NASB:
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
KJV:
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
NASB:
But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.
KJV:
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
NASB:
But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
KJV:
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
NASB:
and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
KJV:
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
NASB:
nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.