This is why Paul can say in his letter to the Galatians that “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me…who loved me and gave himself up for me.” ...

24And they glorified God because of me. Paul's Story of the Conflict at Antioch Galatians 2.1 - 2.14 2I went up by revelation; and I laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute ...