¹³ When they finished, James^(A) spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me.

¹⁹ “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

¹⁹ I saw none of the other apostles—only James,^(A) the Lord’s brother.

⁹ James,^(A) Cephas^[a](B) and John, those esteemed as pillars,^(C) gave me and Barnabas^(D) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.^(E) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,^(F) and they to the circumcised.

¹² For before certain men came from James,^(A) he used to eat with the Gentiles.^(B) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.^(C)