strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:15:6
@
And
the
apostles
and
elders
came
together
for to
consider
of
this
matter
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:15:8
@
And
God
, which knoweth the
hearts
, bare
them
witness
,
giving
them
the
Holy
Ghost
,
even
as
he did unto
us
;
strkjv@Acts:15:9
@
And
put
no
difference
between
us
and
them
,
purifying
their
hearts
by
faith
.
strkjv@Acts: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
?
strkjv@Acts:15:11
@
But
we
believe
that
through
the
grace
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
we shall be
saved
,
even
as
they
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:15:13
@
And
after
they had
held
their
peace
,
James
answered
,
saying
,
Men
and
brethren
,
hearken
unto
me
:
strkjv@Acts:15:14
@
Simeon
hath
declared
how
God
at the
first
did
visit
the
Gentiles
, to
take
out
of
them a
people
for
his
name
.
strkjv@Acts:15:15
@
And
to
this
agree
the
words
of the
prophets
;
as
it is
written
,
strkjv@Acts: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
:
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:15:18
@
Known
unto
God
are
all
his
works
from
the beginning of the
world
.
strkjv@Acts:15:19
@
Wherefore
my
sentence
is
, that we
trouble
not
them,
which
from
among
the
Gentiles
are
turned
to
God
:
strkjv@Acts:15:20
@
But
that we
write
unto
them
, that they
abstain
from
pollutions
of
idols
,
and
from
fornication
,
and
from things
strangled
,
and
from
blood
.
strkjv@Acts:15:21
@
For
Moses
of
old
time
hath
in
every
city
them that
preach
him
, being
read
in
the
synagogues
every
sabbath
day
.
strkjv@Acts:15:22
@
Then
pleased
it
the
apostles
and
elders
,
with
the
whole
church
, to
send
chosen
men
of
their own
company
to
Antioch
with
Paul
and
Barnabas
; namely,
Judas
surnamed
Barsabas
,
and
Silas
,
chief
men
among
the
brethren
:
strkjv@Acts:15:23
@ And they
wrote
letters
by
them
after this
manner
; The
apostles
and
elders
and
brethren
send
greeting
unto the
brethren
which
are
of
the
Gentiles
in
Antioch
and
Syria
and
Cilicia
:
strkjv@Acts:15:24
@ Forasmuch
as
we have
heard
,
that
certain
which went
out
from
us
have
troubled
you
with
words
,
subverting
your
souls
,
saying
, Ye must be
circumcised
,
and
keep
the
law
: to
whom
we
gave
no
such
commandment
:
strkjv@Acts:15:25
@ It seemed
good
unto
us
, being
assembled
with one
accord
, to
send
chosen
men
unto
you
with
our
beloved
Barnabas
and
Paul
,
strkjv@Acts:15:26
@
Men
that have
hazarded
their
lives
for
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
strkjv@Acts:15:27
@ We have
sent
therefore
Judas
and
Silas
,
who
shall
also
tell
you the same
things
by
mouth
.
strkjv@Acts:15:28
@
For
it seemed
good
to the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
to
us
, to lay
upon
you
no
greater
burden
than
these
necessary
things
;
strkjv@Acts:15:29
@ That ye
abstain
from meats offered to
idols
,
and
from
blood
,
and
from things
strangled
,
and
from
fornication
:
from
which
if ye
keep
yourselves
, ye shall
do
well
. Fare ye
well
.
strkjv@Acts:15:30
@
So
when they were
dismissed
, they
came
to
Antioch
:
and
when they had
gathered
the
multitude
together
, they
delivered
the
epistle
:
strkjv@Acts:15:31
@ Which
when
they had
read
, they
rejoiced
for
the
consolation
.
strkjv@Acts:15:32
@ And
Judas
and
Silas
,
being
prophets
also
themselves
,
exhorted
the
brethren
with
many
words
,
and
confirmed
them.
strkjv@Acts:15:33
@
And
after they had
tarried
there a
space
, they were let
go
in
peace
from
the
brethren
unto
the
apostles
.
strkjv@Acts:15:34
@
Notwithstanding
it
pleased
Silas
to
abide
there
still
.
strkjv@Acts:15:35
@
Paul
also
and
Barnabas
continued
in
Antioch
,
teaching
and
preaching
the
word
of the
Lord
,
with
many
others
also
.
strkjv@Acts:15:36
@
And
some
days
after
Paul
said
unto
Barnabas
,
Let us go
again
and
visit
our
brethren
in
every
city
where
we have
preached
the
word
of the
Lord
, and see
how
they
do
.
strkjv@Acts:15:37
@
And
Barnabas
determined
to take with
them
John
, whose surname
was
Mark
.
strkjv@Acts:15:38
@
But
Paul
thought
not
good
to
take
him
with
them
,
who
departed
from
them
from
Pamphylia
,
and
went
not
with
them
to
the
work
.
strkjv@Acts:15:39
@
And
the
contention
was
so
sharp
between
them
,
that
they departed
asunder
one from the
other
: and
so
Barnabas
took
Mark
, and
sailed
unto
Cyprus
;
strkjv@Acts:15:40
@
And
Paul
chose
Silas
, and
departed
, being
recommended
by
the
brethren
unto the
grace
of
God
.
strkjv@Acts:15:41
@
And
he went
through
Syria
and
Cilicia
,
confirming
the
churches
.
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