Galatians 2:9 meaning and explanation
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Galatians 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is describing the meeting in Jerusalem where he laid out the gospel he preaches to the Gentiles before the church leaders. James, Cephas (Peter) and John, called pillars because they steadied the church, saw that God's grace had been given to Paul and accepted his mission.
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