Galatians 2:6

Most Christians considered that the leaders in Jerusalem were the most important *church leaders. These leaders had known Jesus very well. Jesus had called them *apostles. But Paul said that a person’s rank did not matter to God. God looks at what each person’s character is like (1 Samuel 16:7).

Paul did not meet these men because other people believed them to be important. Rather, Paul spoke to them because God had called them. And Paul respected their opinions because they were holy and sincere men.

So Paul spoke to the leaders in Jerusalem. They checked what he was *preaching. They all were *preaching the same *good news about Jesus. So they accepted Paul and they approved of him. There was unity between them. Paul could continue to *preach what Jesus himself had taught him (1:11-12). The false teachers could no longer say that Paul was teaching something different.