Galatians 2:9-10 (NRSV)
“9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
10 They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.”
When Paul began his ministry to the Gentiles he had approval from those over him in the Lord. Therefore, he not only answered his call, he also had covenant community agreement with his ministry. The request his covenant community gave him to remember the poor; he kept, everywhere he went he constantly sent offerings back from the mission field supporting the poor in Jerusalem.
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