1. Galatians 2:8 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What was similar about the work of Peter and Paul?

Galatians 2:8 (ESV)

8 (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

Paul and Peter both preached the same gospel in terms of content, but they did so in different geographical spheres.1 Paul focused on areas that were primarily inhabited by Gentiles. Peter focused on areas that had more Jews. Both of them had the same authority and status; they simply laboured elsewhere.2