Galatians 2

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Paul says that fourteen years after he was saved, he and Barnabas went to Jerusalem with Titus to see the important Christian figures. They needed to show how they spread the Good News to the non-Jews in order to ensure they did not waste their time. Titus was Greek, and no one forced him to be circumcised. Circumcision is a Jewish law, but the apostles did not care that Titus was not circumcised because being a Christian is not about following rules. Paul talked to the important Christians, and they agreed that Paul and his followers should continue to spread the Good News to non-Jewish people, and Peter, James, and John and their followers would continue to spread the Good News to the Jewish people. They only asked Paul to remember the poor, which he was sure he did.

Paul talks about a time when he called Peter out in front of a crowd. While Peter ate with non-Jewish people to help spread the Good News, he stopped as soon as some Jewish Christians arrived to where he was. He was afraid of the people who believed circumcision is necessary to be a Christian. If that was not bad enough, many people, including Barnabas, began to join him in avoiding non-Jewish people. Paul had no choice but to tell Peter how hypocritically he acted. People are not Christians because of following laws or doing things on their own. Paul says that when he followed all of the rules, it killed him. People are Christians, saved, and God's people through faith. Otherwise, Christ's death meant nothing.