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^(a)Some men came down from Judea and began teaching ^(b)the brethren, "Unless you are ^(c)circumcised according to ^(d)the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

And when Paul and Barnabas had ^[a]great dissension and ^(e)debate with them, ^(f)the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the ^(g)apostles and elders concerning this issue.

Therefore, being ^(h)sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both ⁽ⁱ⁾Phoenicia and Samaria, ^(j)describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all ^(k)the brethren.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and ^(l)the apostles and the elders, and they ^(m)reported all that God had done with them.

But some of ⁽ⁿ⁾the sect of the ^(o)Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, "It is necessary to ^(p)circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses."