7. In fact, it was just the opposite. They saw that I had been trusted with the task of preaching the good news just as Peter had been. My task was to preach to the non-Jews. Peter's task was to preach to the Jews.
8. God was working through Peter as an apostle to the Jews. He was also working through me as an apostle to the non-Jews.
9. James, Peter and John are considered to be pillars in the church. They recognized the special grace that was given to me. So they shook my hand and the hand of Barnabas. They wanted to show they accepted us. They agreed that we should go to the non-Jews. They would go to the Jews.
10. They asked only one thing. They wanted us to continue to remember poor people. That was what I really wanted to do anyway.