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Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

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.

And after Paul and Barnabas had a heated argument and debate with them, the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this issue.

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.

Therefore, after being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all the brothers and sisters.

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.

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

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.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses."

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.

The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter.

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

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.

"And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

"Since this is the case, why are you putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

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?

"But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles.

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.

After they stopped speaking, James responded, saying, "Brothers, listen to me.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

"Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles.

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

"The words of the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written:

And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

'AFTER THESE THINGS I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE FALLEN TABERNACLE OF DAVID, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT,

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:

SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,'

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.

SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS known from long ago.

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

"Therefore, it is my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood.

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

"For from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.