Galatians 2:1-10 - Paul's Ministry Recognized By The Jerusalem Apostles

¹ Fourteen years afterwards I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me. ² It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the Apostles the Good News that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of, for fear that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless. ³ Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised. ⁴ But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery-- ⁵ Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, that the Truth of the Good News might be yours always!

⁶ Of those who are thought somewhat highly of--what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions--those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my Message. ⁷ On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews. ⁸ For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles. ⁹ Recognizing the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the Church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow-workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews. ¹⁰ Only we were to remember the poor--the very thing I was myself anxious to do.