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Some men from Judea went to the church in Antioch and started teaching that all believers needed to be circumcised, whether Jew or Gentile.
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Paul and Barnabas disagreed with them, but they could not resolve the issue.
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The church sent Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem to seek the council of the Apostles and elders.
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When they arrived, the Apostles and elders gathered to consider the matter.
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Peter spoke to the council and recounted how God had offered salvation to the Gentiles at Cornelius’ house (Acts 10).
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He did not want the “yoke” of the Jewish law to be placed on Gentile believers.
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Next, Paul and Barnabas recounted their work among the Gentile churches.
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Finally, James spoke to the council and told them the Gentiles should not be required to keep the Law of Moses or to be circumcised.
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He advised only that the Gentiles should abstain from “things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, things strangled, and from blood.”
