The leaders of the Jerusalem church identified James, Peter, and Paul. The male Gentiles did not need become circumcised to enter the church Paul represented, and the ones who did were circumcised were represented by Peter, James, and the rest of the leaders of the church. So, Peter, James, and Paul had a meeting and came to a decision that being circumcised would not be a requirement for the church. This was the importance of circumcision and is this practice necessary for salvation? The Hellenists who were Greek-speaking Jews, this division reflects the first century Judaism’s prevailing social and religious distinction between Palestine and Jews which is what the historians
