So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.

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 I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.

In fact, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised.

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

What, then, happened to your positive attitude? For I testify that if it had been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.