In God's view, was Peter greater than anybody else?
God accepts no man's person, so Peter held no superior standing before Him. The apostles who seemed to be somewhat had no added authority, and their earlier preeminence was slipping away. Paul, under the Holy Spirit's inspiration, stresses that in God's view Peter was no greater than anybody else.
Les explains that Paul, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is not merely getting back at the apostles. These who seemed to be somewhat no longer had the kind of authority they had in the early years; it was slipping away. God accepts no man's person, so in the final analysis Peter was no greater than anybody else. Paul repeatedly says he is the least. Les points out that Scripture repeats something in short order for emphasis, driving home that these men no longer had the preeminence of God's dealing with the human race that they had enjoyed in the earthly ministry and early Acts. At the conference, those who seemed to be somewhat added nothing to Paul, because they had no comprehension of the revelations he received from the Ascended Lord. They knew Jesus in the flesh and after His resurrection, but nothing of the Ascended Lord in glory.
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: