² I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I’m proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that^[a] I was running or had run my life’s race^[b] for nothing. ³ But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. ⁴ However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah^[c] Jesus so that they might enslave us.