Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 15

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Chapter 15 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ ¹Some men came down from Judea and began teaching ²the brethren, “Unless you are ³circumcised according to ⁴the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
And when Paul and Barnabas had ^[a]great dissension and ⁵debate with them, ⁶the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the ⁷apostles and elders concerning this issue.
Therefore, being ⁸sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both ⁹Phoenicia and Samaria, ¹⁰describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all ¹¹the brethren.
When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and ¹²the apostles and the elders, and they ¹³reported all that God had done with them.
But some of ¹⁴the sect of the ¹⁵Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to ¹⁶circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses.”
¶ ¹⁷The apostles and the elders came together to ^[b]look into this ^[c]matter.
After there had been much ¹⁸debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that ^[d]in the early days ¹⁹God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of ²⁰the gospel and believe.
And God, ²¹who knows the heart, testified to them ²²giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
and ²³He made no distinction between us and them, ²⁴cleansing their hearts by faith.
Now therefore why do you ²⁵put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which ²⁶neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
But we believe that we are saved through ²⁷the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”
¶ All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were ²⁸relating what ²⁹signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
¶ After they had stopped speaking, ^[e]³⁰James answered, saying, “Brethren, listen to me.
³¹Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.
With this the words of ³²the Prophets agree, just as it is written,
¶ ‘³³AFTER THESE THINGS ³⁴I will return,
AND I WILL REBUILD THE ^[f]TABERNACLE OF DAVID WHICH HAS FALLEN,
AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS,
AND I WILL RESTORE IT,
³⁵SO THAT THE REST OF ^[g]MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD,
AND ALL THE GENTILES ^[h]³⁶WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,’
³⁷SAYS THE LORD, WHO ^[i]³⁸MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO.
¶ Therefore it is ³⁹my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,
but that we write to them that they abstain from ^[j]⁴⁰things contaminated by idols and from ⁴¹fornication and from ⁴²what is strangled and from blood.
For ⁴³Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since ^[k]he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
¶ Then it seemed good to ⁴⁴the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to ⁴⁵Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas called Barsabbas, and ⁴⁶Silas, leading men among ⁴⁷the brethren,
and they ^[l]sent this letter by them,
¶ “⁴⁸The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to ⁴⁹the brethren in ⁵⁰Antioch and ⁵¹Syria and ⁵²Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, ⁵³greetings.
¶ “Since we have heard that ⁵⁴some ^[m]of our number to whom we gave no instruction have ⁵⁵disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,
⁵⁶it seemed good to us, having ^[n]become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
men who have ^[o]⁵⁷risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Therefore we have sent ⁵⁸Judas and ⁵⁹Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.
“For ⁶⁰it seemed good to ⁶¹the Holy Spirit and to ⁶²us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:
that you abstain from ⁶³things sacrificed to idols and from ⁶⁴blood and from ⁶⁵things strangled and from ⁶⁶fornication; ^[p]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”
¶ So when they were sent away, ⁶⁷they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the ^[q]congregation together, they delivered the letter.
When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its ^[r]encouragement.
⁶⁸Judas and ⁶⁹Silas, also being ⁷⁰prophets themselves, ^[s]encouraged and strengthened ⁷¹the brethren with a lengthy message.
After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren ⁷²in peace to those who had ⁷³sent them out.
[^[t]But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.]
But ⁷⁴Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and ⁷⁵preaching with many others also, ⁷⁶the word of the Lord.
¶ After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in ⁷⁷every city in which we proclaimed ⁷⁸the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”
Barnabas wanted to take ⁷⁹John, called Mark, along with them also.
But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had ⁸⁰deserted them ^[u]in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took ⁸¹Mark with him and sailed away to ⁸²Cyprus.
But Paul chose ⁸³Silas and left, being ⁸⁴committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
And he was traveling through ⁸⁵Syria and ⁸⁶Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Lit not a little
^ Lit see about
^ Lit word
^ Lit from days of old
^ Or Jacob
^ Or tent
^ Gr anthropoi
^ Lit upon whom My name is called
^ Or does these things which were known
^ Lit the pollutions of
^ I.e. the books of Moses, Gen through Deut
^ Lit wrote by their hand
^ Lit from us
^ Or met together
^ Lit given over
^ Lit from which keeping yourselves free
^ Or multitude
^ Or exhortation
^ Or exhorted
^ Early mss do not contain this v
^ Lit from

REFERENCES

^ Ac 15:24
^ Ac 1:15; 15:3, 22, 32
^ Le 12:3; Ac 15:5; 1Co 7:18; Ga 2:11, 14; 5:2f
^ Ac 6:14
^ Ac 15:7
^ Ga 2:2
^ Ac 11:30; 15:4, 6, 22, 23; 16:4
^ Ac 20:38; 21:5; Ro 15:24; 1Co 16:6, 11; 2Co 1:16; Ti 3:13; 3Jo 6
^ Ac 11:19
^ Ac 14:27; 15:4, 12
^ Ac 1:15; 15:22, 32
^ Ac 11:30; 15:6, 22, 23; 16:4
^ Ac 14:27; 15:12
^ Ac 5:17; 24:5, 14; 26:5; 28:22
^ Mt 3:7; Ac 26:5
^ 1Co 7:18; Ga 2:11, 14; 5:2f
^ Ac 11:30; 15:4, 22, 23; 16:4
^ Ac 15:2
^ Ac 10:19f
^ Ac 20:24
^ Ac 1:24
^ Ac 2:4; 10:44, 47
^ Ac 10:28, 34; 11:12
^ Ac 10:43
^ Ac 5:9
^ Mt 23:4; Ga 5:1
^ Ro 3:24; 5:15; 2Co 13:14; Eph 2:5-8
^ Ac 14:27; 15:3, 4
^ Jn 4:48
^ Ac 12:17
^ Ac 15:7; 2Pe 1:1
^ Ac 13:40
^ Am 9:11
^ Je 12:15
^ Am 9:12
^ De 28:10; Is 63:19; Je 14:9; Da 9:19; Jm 2:7
^ Am 9:12
^ Is 45:21
^ Ac 15:28; 21:25
^ Ex 34:15-17; Da 1:8; Ac 15:29; 1Co 8:7, 13; 10:7f, 14-28; Re 2:14, 20
^ Le 18:6-23
^ Ge 9:4; Le 3:17; 7:26; 17:10, 14; 19:26; De 12:16, 23; 15:23; 1Sa 14:33
^ Ac 13:15; 2Co 3:14f
^ Ac 15:2
^ Ac 11:20
^ Ac 15:27, 32, 40; 16:19, 25, 29; 17:4, 10, 14f; 18:5; 2Co 1:19; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Pe 5:12
^ Ac 15:1
^ Ac 15:2
^ Ac 15:1
^ Ac 11:20
^ Mt 4:24; Ac 15:41; Ga 1:21
^ Ac 6:9
^ Ac 23:26; Jm 1:1; 2Jo 10f
^ Ac 15:1
^ Ga 1:7; 5:10
^ Ac 15:28
^ Ac 9:23ff; 14:19
^ Ac 15:22, 32
^ Ac 15:22
^ Ac 15:25
^ Ac 5:32; 15:8
^ Ac 15:19, 25
^ Ac 15:20
^ Ac 15:20
^ Ac 15:20
^ Ac 15:20
^ Ac 15:22f
^ Ac 15:22, 27
^ Ac 15:22
^ Ac 13:1
^ Ac 15:1
^ Mr 5:34; Ac 16:36; 1Co 16:11; Heb 11:31
^ Ac 15:22
^ Ac 12:25
^ Ac 8:4
^ Ac 13:12
^ Ac 13:4, 13, 14, 51; 14:6, 24f
^ Ac 13:12
^ Ac 12:12
^ Ac 13:13
^ Ac 12:12; 15:37; Col 4:10
^ Ac 4:36
^ Ac 15:22
^ Ac 11:23; 14:26
^ Mt 4:24; Ac 15:23
^ Ac 6:9

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