I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter was for the circumcised,

When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars, acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

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