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And
certain
men came down from Judaea
and taught
the brethren,
`saying'
, Except
ye
be
circumcised after
the custom of Moses, ye
cannot be saved.
Then
some
men came down from Judea
and were
teaching
the brothers
, “Unless
you
are
circumcised according
to
the custom of Moses, you
cannot be saved. ”
And when
Paul
and
Barnabas
had
no
small
dissension
and
questioning
with
them
, `the
brethren'
appointed
that
Paul and Barnabas, and
certain
other of
them
, should
go up to Jerusalem unto
the apostles and elders about this question.
And after
engaging
these
men
in
sharp
debate
, Paul and Barnabas were
appointed
, along
with
some
other believers
, to
go up to Jerusalem to
see
the apostles and elders about this question.
They
therefore,
being
brought
on their way by the church, passed through both
Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring
the conversion of the Gentiles :
and they
caused
great joy unto
all the brethren
.
Sent
on their way by the church, they
passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting
the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing
great joy to
all the brothers
.
And
when
they
were
come
to
Jerusalem, they were received
of
the church and the
apostles and the
elders, and
they rehearsed
all things
that God had done with
them.
On
their
arrival
in
Jerusalem, they were welcomed
by
the church and apostles and elders, to
whom
they reported
all that God had done through
them.
But there
rose
up
certain
of
the sect
of the Pharisees who
believed,
saying,
It
is
needful
to
circumcise
them
, and to
charge
them
to keep
the law of Moses.
But some
believers
from
the party
of the Pharisees stood
up
and
declared
, “The
Gentiles
must
be
circumcised
and required
to obey
the law of Moses. ”
And
the apostles and the
elders were
gathered
together
to consider
of
this matter.
So
the apostles and elders met
to look
into
this matter.
And
when
there
had
been
much questioning
, Peter rose
up ,
and said unto
them, Brethren
, ye
know that a
good
while
ago
God made choice among you ,
that by
my
mouth
the Gentiles should
hear the word
of the gospel ,
and believe.
After
much discussion
, Peter got
up and said to
them, “Brothers
, you
know that in
the
early
days
God made a
choice among you that the Gentiles would
hear from
my
lips
the message
of the gospel and believe.
And God, who knoweth
the heart, bare
them
witness,
giving them
the Holy Spirit, even
as he did unto
us ;
And God, who knows
the heart, showed
His
approval
by
giving the Holy Spirit to
them
, just
as He did to
us .
and
he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing
their hearts by faith.
He made no distinction between us and them, for
He
cleansed
their hearts by faith.
Now therefore
why make
ye
trial
of
God ,
that
ye
should
put
a
yoke
upon
the neck
of the disciples which
neither our fathers nor
we
were
able to bear?
Now then,
why do
you
test
God by
placing
on
the necks
of the disciples a
yoke
that
neither we
nor
our fathers have
been
able to bear?
But
we believe that
we
shall
be
saved
through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in
like
manner
as they.
On
the
contrary,
we believe it
is
through the grace of the Lord Jesus that
we
are
saved
, just
as they are
. ”
And
all
the multitude
kept
silence;
and
they hearkened
unto
Barnabas and Paul rehearsing
what
signs and wonders God had wrought
among the Gentiles through them.
The whole
assembly
fell
silent
as
they listened
to
Barnabas and Paul describing
the
signs and wonders God had done
among the Gentiles through them.
And
after
they had held
their
peace
, James answered,
saying
, Brethren
, hearken
unto
me :
When
they had finished
speaking
, James declared
, “Brothers
, listen
to
me !
Symeon
hath
rehearsed
how first
God visited the Gentiles ,
to take out
of
them a people for
his name
.
Simon
has
told
us
how God first
visited the Gentiles to take from
them a people to
be
His own
.
And
to
this
agree
the words of the prophets ;
as it is written ,
The words of the prophets agree
with
this,
as it is written :
After these
things
I will return ,
And I
will
build
again
the tabernacle
of David ,
which
is
fallen;
And
I will build
again
the
ruins
thereof
, And I will set
it up:
‘
After this
I will return and rebuild
the fallen
tent
of David .
Its
ruins
I will rebuild
, and I will restore
it ,
That the residue
of men may seek after
the Lord, And all the Gentiles ,
upon
whom
my name is
called
,
so
that the remnant
of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who
are
called
by
My name, says
the
Lord
who
does
these
things
Saith
the
Lord,
who
maketh
these
things
known from
of
old
.
that
have
been
known for
ages
. ’
Wherefore
my judgment is
, that we trouble
not them
that
from
among
the Gentiles turn
to God ;
It
is
my judgment, therefore,
that we should
not cause
trouble
for
the Gentiles who
are
turning
to God .
but
that
we write unto
them ,
that
they
abstain from the
pollutions
of
idols, and
from fornication
, and
from what
is
strangled, and from blood.
Instead,
we should
write and
tell
them to
abstain from food
polluted
by
idols, from sexual
immorality
, from the
meat
of
strangled animals
, and from blood.
For Moses from
generations
of
old
hath
in every city them
that
preach
him,
being
read in the synagogues every sabbath.
For Moses has
been
proclaimed
in every city from
ancient
times
and
is
read in the synagogues on
every Sabbath. ”
Then it
seemed
good
to
the apostles and the
elders, with the whole church, to choose
men out
of
their
company,
and
send
them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas ;
`namely',
Judas called Barsabbas ,
and Silas, chief
men
among the brethren:
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided
to select
men from
among
them to send
to
Antioch with Paul and Barnabas .
They
chose
Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two
leaders
among the brothers,
and they
wrote
`thus'
by
them ,
The apostles and the elders, brethren
, unto
the brethren
who
are
of
the Gentiles in Antioch and
Syria and Cilicia ,
greeting
:
and sent
them with
this
letter:
The apostles and the elders, your
brothers
, To
the brothers
among
the Gentiles in Antioch ,
Syria ,
and Cilicia: Greetings.
Forasmuch
as
we
have
heard
that certain
who
went out from us have
troubled
you with
words
, subverting
your souls;
to
whom
we
gave
no
commandment;
It
has
come
to
our
attention
that some
went out from us without
our
authorization
and
unsettled
you, troubling
your minds
by
what
they
said.
it
seemed
good
unto
us,
having
come
to
one
accord,
to choose out
men and
send them
unto
you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
So
we
all
agreed
to choose men to
send to
you along
with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
men that
have hazarded
their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
men who
have risked
their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We
have
sent
therefore Judas and Silas ,
who
themselves
also
shall
tell you the same things by
word
of
mouth
.
Therefore we
are
sending
Judas and Silas to
tell you in
person
the same things we
are
writing
.
For
it seemed good to the Holy Spirit ,
and to us ,
to lay
upon
you
no
greater
burden than
these necessary
things
:
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not
to burden you
with
anything
beyond
these essential
requirements
:
that
ye
abstain from things
sacrificed to idols, and
from blood, and
from things
strangled, and from fornication;
from
which
if
ye
keep
yourselves,
it
shall
be
well
with
you
. Fare
ye
well.
You
must
abstain from food
sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the
meat
of
strangled animals
, and from sexual
immorality
. You
will
do
well to
avoid
these
things
. Farewell.
So they,
when
they
were dismissed,
came
down to Antioch ;
and
having
gathered
the
multitude
together
, they delivered the epistle
.
So the
men
were sent
off
and
went
down to Antioch, where
they assembled
the
congregation
and
delivered the letter
.
And
when they
had
read it, they rejoiced for
the
consolation
.
When the
people
read it, they rejoiced at
its
encouraging
message
.
And
Judas and Silas, being
themselves also
prophets, exhorted
the
brethren
with
many
words,
and confirmed
them
.
Judas and Silas, who
themselves were
prophets, said
much
to
encourage
and strengthen
the
brothers
.
And
after they
had
spent
some time `
there '
, they were dismissed
in peace from
the
brethren
unto
those that
had sent them forth
.
After spending
some time there, they were sent
off
by
the
brothers
in peace to
return
to
those who
had sent them.
`But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there.'
Not present in BSB
But Paul and Barnabas tarried
in
Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord ,
with
many
others
also
.
But Paul and Barnabas remained
at
Antioch, along
with
many
others,
teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
And
after
some days
Paul said unto
Barnabas, Let us return
now
and visit the brethren
in every city
wherein
we proclaimed the word of the Lord, `and
see '
how they fare
.
Some time
later
Paul said to
Barnabas, “
Let us go
back
and visit the brothers
in every town
where
we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to
see how they are
doing
. ”
And
Barnabas was
minded
to take with
them
John also
, who
was
called Mark.
Barnabas wanted
to take John, also
called Mark.
But Paul thought not good
to take with
them
him who
withdrew
from
them from
Pamphylia ,
and went
not with
them to
the work.
But Paul thought it
best
not to take him ,
because
he
had
deserted
them in
Pamphylia and had
not accompanied
them in
the work.
And
there
arose
a
sharp
contention,
so that they parted asunder
one
from
the
other,
and
Barnabas took Mark with
him,
and sailed away
unto
Cyprus ;
Their
disagreement
was
so sharp
that they parted company.
Barnabas took Mark and sailed for
Cyprus ,
but Paul choose
Silas ,
and went
forth
, being
commended by the brethren
to the grace of the Lord.
but Paul chose
Silas and left
, commended by the brothers
to the grace of the Lord.
And he went
through Syria and Cilicia, confirming
the churches.
And he traveled
through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening
the churches.
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