9. James, Peter, and John realized that God had given me the message about his undeserved kindness. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews.
10. They only asked us to remember the poor, and that was something I had always been eager to do.
11. When Peter came to Antioch, I told him face to face that he was wrong.
12. He used to eat with Gentile followers of the Lord, until James sent some Jewish followers. Peter was afraid of the Jews and soon stopped eating with Gentiles.
13. He and the other Jews hid their true feelings so well that even Barnabas was fooled.