This is actually the first letter that Paul wrote. After Paul took his first missionary tour through the region of Galatia he returned home to Antioch and rejoiced that God had freely poured out His Spirit on the Gentiles. This Gentile phenomenon created quite a stir among the Jewish believers in Jerusalem. Paul and Barnabus went to Jerusalem to provide a witness to this new thing that God was doing. At the Jerusalem council it was decided that Gentiles would be welcomed into the church without requiring any adherence to the Mosaic Law.

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