When they had finished speaking, James spoke up: "Listen to me, my friends!

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee;

I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

James, Peter, and John, who seemed to be the leaders, recognized that God had given me this special task; so they shook hands with Barnabas and me, as a sign that we were all partners. We agreed that Barnabas and I would work among the Gentiles and they among the Jews.

From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.

Paul and Barnabas got into a fierce argument with them about this, so it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others in Antioch should go to Jerusalem and see the apostles and elders about this matter.

The apostles and the elders met together to consider this question.

and they sent the following letter by them:

From Miletus Paul sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him.