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AC-15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the
brethren, [and
said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye
cannot be saved.
AC-15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small
dissension and
disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas,
and certain
other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and
elders about
this question.
AC-15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they
passed through
Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles:
and they caused
great joy unto all the brethren.
AC-15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were
received of the
church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared all
things that God
had done with them.
AC-15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees
which believed,
saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command
[them] to keep
the law of Moses.
AC-15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to
consider of this
matter.
AC-15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up,
and said unto
them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God
made choice
among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of
the gospel, and
believe.
AC-15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,
giving them the
Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;
AC-15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying
their hearts by
faith.
AC-15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the
neck of the
disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
AC-15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ we
shall be saved, even as they.
AC-15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience
to Barnabas
and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought
among the
Gentiles by them.
AC-15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered,
saying, Men
[and] brethren, hearken unto me:
AC-15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit
the Gentiles, to
take out of them a people for his name.
AC-15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is
written,
AC-15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of
David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins
thereof, and I
will set it up:
AC-15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and
all the
Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth
all these
things.
AC-15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of
the world.
AC-15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them,
which from among
the Gentiles are turned to God:
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