Summary
Paul returns to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus after fourteen years and reports that Titus, being Greek, did not need circumcision. He then recounts how false brethren tried to undermine the liberty of Gentiles in Christ, leading him to address the situation privately. Paul describes a theological exchange where the gospel for uncircumcised people is entrusted to him, while the gospel for circumcised people goes to Peter. James, Cephas (Peter), and John give Paul and Barnabas the right of fellowship to minister to the Gentiles. In Antioch, Peter behaves hypocritically, eating with Gentiles but withdrawing when other Jews arrive; Paul confronts him, insisting that justification is by faith, not by the works of the law, and emphasizes his own death to the law and living in Christ.