But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

For before some came  ¹from James, he  ²continually ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself,  ³fearing those of the circumcision.

And the  ¹rest of the Jews also joined him in this  ²hypocrisy, so that even  ³Barnabas was carried away in their hypocrisy.

But when I saw that they were not  ¹walking in a straightforward way in relation to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew,  ²live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to  ³live like the Jews?

We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

And knowing that a man is not justified out of works of law, but through  ¹faith in Jesus Christ, we also have believed into Christ Jesus that we might be justified out of faith in Christ and not out of the works of law, because out of the works of law no  ²flesh will be justified.

But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also have been found sinners, is then Christ a  ¹minister of sin?  ²Absolutely not!

For if I  ¹build again the things which I have  ²destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

For I  ¹through law have  ²died to law that I might  ³live to God.

I am  ¹crucified with Christ; and it is  ²no longer I who live, but it is  ³Christ who lives in me; and the  ⁴life which I now live in the flesh I live in  ⁵faith, the faith  ⁶of the  ⁷Son of God, who  ⁸loved me and gave Himself up for me.

I do not nullify the  ¹grace of God; for if  ²righteousness is through law, then Christ has died  ³for nothing.

Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment, wickedness is there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness is there.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and every work.

I said in my heart, This is so for the sake of the children of men, that God may prove them and that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.

For what happens to the children of men happens also to beasts; even the same thing happens to them both: As the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one  ¹breath; and man has no advantage over the beast; for all is vanity.

All go to one place: all are of dust, and all return to dust.

Who knows the  ¹breath of the children of men, that it goes upward; or the  ¹breath of the beasts, that it goes downward to the earth?

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who will bring him to see what will be after him?

Then again I saw all the acts of oppression that are done under the sun; and indeed, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of the oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

And I praised the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

And better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Then I saw all labor and all skill in work, that it is man's jealousy for his neighbor. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

The fool folds his hands together and consumes his own flesh.

Better is a handful with quietness than two hands full with labor and a chasing after wind.

Then again I saw vanity under the sun.

There is one alone and without a second; also he has no son or brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor; moreover his eye is not satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor and deprive myself of good? This also is vanity and grievous travail.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor;

For if they fall, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls and does not have another to lift him up!

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm. But how can one be warm alone?

And while a man may prevail against the one, the two will withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to be admonished.

For one can come forth from prison to reign, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

I saw all the living that went about under the sun with the youth, the successor, who stood up in place of  ¹him.

There was no end to all the people, to all before whom he stood, yet even those who come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

 ¹Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart hastily utter anything before God; for God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.

For a dream comes through a multitude of travail, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it; for He takes no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

It is better that you do not vow than that you vow and not pay.

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the works of your hands?

For in the multitude of dreams and in many words are also vanities. Rather, fear God.