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And certain men which came down (
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from Judaea taught (
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the brethren ,
and said ,
Except ye be circumcised (
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after the manner of Moses ,
ye cannot (
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be saved (
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When therefore Paul and Barnabas had (
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no small dissension and disputation with them ,
they determined (
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that Paul and Barnabas ,
and certain other of them ,
should go up (
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to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question .
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And being brought on their way (
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by the church ,
they passed through (
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Phenice and Samaria ,
declaring (
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the conversion of the Gentiles :
and they caused (
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great joy unto all the brethren .
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And when they were come (
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to Jerusalem ,
they were received (
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of the church ,
and of the apostles and elders ,
and they declared (
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all things that God had done (
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with them .
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But there rose up (
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certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed (
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saying (
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That it was needful (
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to circumcise (
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them ,
and to command (
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them to keep (
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the law of Moses .
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And the apostles and elders came together (
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for to consider (
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of this matter .
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And when there had been (
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much disputing ,
Peter rose up (
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and said (
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unto them ,
Men and brethren ,
ye know (
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how that a good while ago God made choice (
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among us ,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear (
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the word of the gospel ,
and believe (
5658 ).
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And God ,
which knoweth the hearts ,
bare them witness (
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giving (
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them the Holy Ghost ,
even as he did unto us ;
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And put no difference (
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between us and them ,
purifying (
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their hearts by faith .
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Now therefore why tempt ye (
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God ,
to put (
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a yoke upon the neck of the disciples ,
which neither our fathers nor we were able (
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to bear (
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But we believe (
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that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved (
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even as they .
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Then all the multitude kept silence (
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and gave audience (
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to Barnabas and Paul ,
declaring (
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what miracles and wonders God had wrought (
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among the Gentiles by them .
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And after they had held their peace (
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James answered (
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saying (
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Men and brethren ,
hearken (
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unto me :
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Simeon hath declared (
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how God at the first did visit (
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the Gentiles ,
to take (
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out of them a people for his name .
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And to this agree (
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the words of the prophets ;
as it is written (
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After this I will return (
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and will build again (
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the tabernacle of David ,
which is fallen down (
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and I will build again (
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the ruins (
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thereof ,
and I will set it up (
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That the residue of men might seek after (
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the Lord ,
and all the Gentiles ,
upon whom my name is called (
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saith (
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the Lord ,
who doeth (
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all these things .
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Known unto God are (
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all his works from the beginning of the world .
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Wherefore my sentence is (
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that we trouble (
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not them ,
which from among the Gentiles are turned (
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to God :
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But that we write (
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unto them ,
that they abstain (
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from pollutions of idols ,
and from fornication ,
and from things strangled ,
and from blood .
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For Moses of old time hath (
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in every city them that preach (
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him ,
being read (
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in the synagogues every sabbath day .
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Then pleased it (
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the apostles and elders ,
with the whole church ,
to send (
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chosen (
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men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas ;
namely ,
Judas surnamed (
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Barsabas ,
and Silas ,
chief (
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men among the brethren :
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And they wrote (
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letters by them after this manner ;
The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting (
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unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia :
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Forasmuch as we have heard (
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that certain which went out (
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from us have troubled (
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you with words ,
subverting (
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your souls ,
saying (
5723 ),
Ye must be circumcised (
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and keep (
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the law :
to whom we gave no such commandment (
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