Acts 15:1-10

1And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

2A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

3They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of [those of] the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

4And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that 1God had wrought with them.

5And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among [them], saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

7And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days 2God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

8And the heart-knowing 3God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,

9and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

10Now therefore why tempt ye 4God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?