7 And when there had been much πολλῆς pollēs G4183 questioning, Peter Πέτρος Petros G4074 rose G450 up , and said G3004 unto them , Brethren , ye know ἐπίστασθε epistasthe G1987 that a good while ago God θεὸς theos G2316 made choice among you , that by my mouth στόματός stomatos G4750 the Gentiles ἔθνη ethnē G1484 should hear ἀκοῦσαι akousai G191 the word λόγον logon G3056 of the gospel εὐαγγελίου euangeliou G2098 , and believe πιστεῦσαι. pisteusai G4100 . 8 And God θεὸς theos G2316 , who knoweth the heart , bare them witness ἐμαρτύρησεν emarturēsen G3140 , giving G1325 them the Holy ἅγιον hagion G40 Spirit πνεῦμα pneuma G4151 , even G2532 as he did unto us ; 9 and he made no distinction between us and them , cleansing G2511 their hearts καρδίας kardias G2588 by faith πίστει pistei G4102 . 10 Now νῦν nun G3568 therefore οὖν oun G3767 why τί ti G5101 make ye trial of God θεὸν theon G2316 , that ye should put ἐπιθεῖναι epitheinai G2007 a yoke ζυγὸν zugon G2218 upon the neck τράχηλον trachēlon G5137 of the disciples G3101 which neither our fathers πατέρες pateres G3962 nor we were able ἰσχύσαμεν ischusamen G2480 to bear βαστάσαι; bastasai G941 ? 11 But we believe πιστεύομεν pisteuomen G4100 that we shall be saved G4982 through the grace χάριτος charitos G5485 of the Lord κυρίου kuriou G2962 Jesus Ἰησοῦ Iēsou G2424 , in like manner as they . 12 And all the multitude πλῆθος plēthos G4128 kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas Βαρναβᾶ Barnaba G921 and Paul Παύλου Paulou G3972 rehearsing what signs σημεῖα sēmeia G4592 and wonders τέρατα terata G5059 God θεὸς theos G2316 had wrought among the Gentiles ἔθνεσιν ethnesin G1484 through them . 13 And after they had held their peace, James Ἰάκωβος Iakōbos G2385 answered ἀπεκρίθη apekrithē G611 , saying λέγων· legōn G3004 , Brethren , hearken unto me : 14 Symeon hath rehearsed how first πρῶτον prōton G4413 God θεὸς theos G2316 visited the Gentiles ἐθνῶν ethnōn G1484 , to take λαβεῖν labein G2983 out of them a people λαὸν laon G2992 for his name ὀνόματι onomati G3686 . 15 And to this agree συμφωνοῦσιν sumphōnousin G4856 the words λόγοι logoi G3056 of the prophets προφητῶν prophētōn G4396 ; as it is written G1125 , 16 After these things ταῦτα tauta G3778 I will return , And I will build again the tabernacle σκηνὴν skēnēn G4633 of David Δαυὶδ Dauid G1138 , which is fallen G4098 ; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men G444 may seek after the Lord G2962 , And all the Gentiles ἔθνη, ethnē G1484 , upon whom my name ὄνομά onoma G3686 is called , 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old . 19 Wherefore my judgment is , that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles ἐθνῶν ethnōn G1484 turn G1994 to God θεόν, theon G2316 ; 20 but that we write unto them , that they abstain ἀπέχεσθαι apechesthai G568 from the pollutions of idols εἰδώλων eidōlōn G1497 , and from fornication , and from what is strangled , and from blood αἵματος. aimatos G129 . 21 For Moses Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs G3475 from generations γενεῶν geneōn G1074 of old ἀρχαίων archaiōn G744 hath in every city πόλιν polin G4172 them that preach G2784 him , being read ἀναγινωσκόμενος.¶ anaginōskomenos G314 in the synagogues G4864 every sabbath σάββατον sabbaton G4521 . Read all of Acts 15 ← Acts 14 Acts 16 → American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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