Acts 15
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Acts 15:1-5

1ThenG2532 some menG5100 came downG2718 fromG575 JudeaG2449 and were teachingG1321 theG3588 brothersG80, “UnlessG1437G3361 you are circumcisedG4059 according to theG3588 customG1485 of MosesG3475, you cannotG3756G1410 be savedG4982.” 2And afterG1096G1161 engagingG4714 these men in sharpG3756G3641 debateG2214, PaulG3972 andG2532 BarnabasG921 were appointedG5021, along withG2532 someG5100 otherG243 believers, to go upG305 toG1519 JerusalemG2419 toG4314 see theG3588 apostlesG652 andG2532 eldersG4245 aboutG4012 thisG3778 questionG2213.

3Sent on their wayG4311 byG5259 theG3588 churchG1577, theyG3588 passed throughG1330 PhoeniciaG5403 andG2532 SamariaG4540, recountingG1555 theG3588 conversionG1995 of theG3588 GentilesG1484 andG2532 bringingG4160 greatG3173 joyG5479 to allG3956 theG3588 brothersG80. 4On their arrivalG3854 inG1519 JerusalemG2414, they were welcomedG3858 byG575 theG3588 churchG1577 andG2532 apostlesG652 andG2532 eldersG4245, to whom they reportedG312 all thatG3745 GodG2316 had doneG4160 throughG3326 themG846.

5ButG1161 someG5100 believersG4100 fromG575 theG3588 partyG139 of theG3588 PhariseesG5330 stood upG1817 and declaredG3004, “The Gentiles mustG1163 be circumcisedG4059 andG5037 requiredG3853 to obeyG5083 theG3588 lawG3551 of MosesG3475.”

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