What was the one requirement the Jerusalem apostles gave Paul and Barnabas?
Peter, James, and John, regarded as pillars, asked only that Paul and Barnabas remember the poor. This was the single condition attached to their right hand of fellowship, and Paul says he was eager to do it, while the Jerusalem apostles would go to the Jews and Paul and Barnabas to the Gentiles.
Les explains that after James, Peter, and John perceived the grace given to Paul, they gave him and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship. The agreement was that Paul and Barnabas should go to the heathen, the Gentiles, while Peter, James, and John would go to the Jew. The only requirement they added was that Paul and Barnabas remember the poor, which Paul was forward to do. Les connects this to Acts chapter 2 and 3, where Jewish believers put their material goods into the common kitty and had everything common, because they thought the Kingdom was just over the horizon and there would be no poverty, no poor, and no need for personal wealth.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
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What requirement did Peter, James, and John give to Paul and Barnabas?
The only requirement the Jerusalem apostles placed on Paul and Barnabas was that they remember the poor, which Paul was already eager to do.
Why did the Jerusalem leaders want Paul to remember the poor?
They wanted Paul to remember the poor because there were many poor Jews in Jerusalem who had sold all their property, and the church's funds had run out after 20 years, leaving them destitute.