his case for his preaching to the gentiles and was moved by God in a “revelation”

to go to Jerusalem. He needed to receive confirmation from the elders in

Jerusalem that as far as the preaching of the gospel that everyone was on the

same page. Man is never justified by the works of the Law but through faith

this Christ Jesus alone.

testimony and ours should be, Galatians 2:20 (NASB) 

Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life

which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me

and gave Himself up for me.