Acts 15
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Acts 15:1-21

1AndcertainτινεςtinesG5100persons, havingcomeκατελθόντεςkatelthontesG2718downfromJudaea,taughtἐδίδασκονedidaskonG1321thebrethren,IfyeshallnothavebeencircumcisedG4059accordingtothecustomἔθειetheiG1485ofMosesΜωϋσέως,MōuseōsG3475, yecannotbesavedG4982.
2AcommotionthereforehavingtakenplaceG1096,andnosmallὀλίγηςoligēsG3641discussiononthepartofPaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972andBarnabasΒαρναβᾷBarnabaG921againstthem,theyarrangedthatPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andBarnabasΒαρναβᾶνBarnabanG921,andcertainτιναςtinasG5100othersἄλλουςallousG243fromamongstthem,shouldgoἀναβαίνεινanabaineinG305uptoJerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmG2419totheapostlesG652andeldersπρεσβυτέρουςpresbuterousG4245aboutthisquestion.
3TheythereforeοὖνounG3767,havingbeensetontheirwaybytheassemblyG1577,passedG1330throughPhoeniciaΦοινίκηνPhoinikēnG5403andSamariaΣαμάρειανSamareianG4540, relatingtheconversionof[thoseof]thenationsG1484.AndtheycausedgreatμεγάληνmegalēnG3173joyχαρὰνcharanG5479toallthebrethren.
4AndbeingarrivedatJerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmG2419,theywerereceivedG3858bytheassemblyG1577,andtheapostlesG652,andtheeldersπρεσβυτέρων,presbuterōnG4245,andrelatedallthatGodθεὸςtheosG2316hadwroughtwiththem.
5AndsomeofthosewhowereofthesectαἱρέσεωςhaireseōsG139ofthePhariseesΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōnG5330,whobelievedG4100, roseupfromamong[them],sayingλέγοντεςlegontesG3004thattheyoughtG1163tocircumciseπεριτέμνεινperitemneinG4059themandenjointhemtokeepτηρεῖνtēreinG5083thelawνόμονnomonG3551ofMosesΜωϋσέως.¶MōuseōsG3475.
6AndtheapostlesG652andtheeldersπρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroiG4245weregatheredG4863togetherΣυνήχθησάνSunēchthēsanG4863toseeG3708aboutthismatterλόγουlogouG3056.
7AndmuchπολλῆςpollēsG4183discussionhavingtakenplaceγενομένης,genomenēsG1096,PeterΠέτροςPetrosG4074,standingup,saidG3004tothem,Brethren, yeknowἐπίστασθεepistastheG1987thatfromtheearliestdaysἡμερῶνhēmerōnG2250GodθεὸςtheosG2316amongstyouchosethatthenationsG1484bymymouthστόματόςstomatosG4750shouldhearἀκοῦσαιakousaiG191thewordλόγονlogonG3056oftheglad tidingsandbelieveπιστεῦσαι.pisteusaiG4100.
8Andtheheart-knowingGodθεὸςtheosG2316borethemwitnessἐμαρτύρησενemarturēsenG3140,givingG1325[them]theHolyἅγιονhagionG40SpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151astousalsoG2532,
9andputnodifferencebetweenusandthem, having purifiedtheirheartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588byfaithπίστειpisteiG4102.
10NowνῦνnunG3568thereforeοὖνounG3767whyτίtiG5101temptG3985yeGodθεὸνtheonG2316,byputtingayokeζυγὸνzugonG2218upontheneckτράχηλονtrachēlonG5137ofthedisciplesG3101,whichneitherourfathersπατέρεςpateresG3962norwehavebeenableἰσχύσαμενischusamenG2480tobearβαστάσαι;bastasaiG941?
11ButwebelieveπιστεύομενpisteuomenG4100thatweshallbesavedG4982bythegraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,inthesamemannerastheyalso.
12AndallthemultitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128keptsilenceandlistenedἤκουονēkouonG191toBarnabasΒαρναβᾶBarnabaG921andPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972relatingallthesignsσημεῖαsēmeiaG4592andwondersτέραταterataG5059whichGodθεὸςtheosG2316hadwroughtamongthenationsG1484bythem.
13Andaftertheyhadheldtheirpeace,JamesἸάκωβοςIakōbosG2385answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithēG611,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004,Brethren,listenG191tome:
14SimonhasrelatedhowGodθεὸςtheosG2316firstπρῶτονprōtonG4413visitedtotakeλαβεῖνlabeinG2983outof[the]nationsG1484apeopleλαὸνlaonG2992forhisnameὀνόματιonomatiG3686.
15AndwiththisagreeσυμφωνοῦσινsumphōnousinG4856thewordsλόγοιlogoiG3056oftheprophetsπροφητῶνprophētōnG4396;asitiswrittenG1125:
16AfterthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778Iwillreturn,andwillrebuildἀνοικοδομήσωanoikodomēsōG456thetabernacleσκηνὴνskēnēnG4633ofDavidΔαυὶδDauidG1138whichisfallenG4098,andwillrebuildἀνοικοδομήσωanoikodomēsōG456itsruins,andwillsetitup,
17sothattheresidueofmenG444mayseekouttheLordκύριονkurionG2962,andallthenationsG1484onwhommynameὄνομάonomaG3686isinvoked, saith [the]LordκύριοςkuriosG2962,whodoesthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778
18knownfrometernityαἰῶνοςaiōnosG165.
19WhereforeIjudgeκρίνωkrinōG2919,nottotroublethosewhofromthenationsG1484turnG1994toGodθεόν,theonG2316;
20buttowritetothemtoabstainἀπέχεσθαιapechesthaiG568frompollutionsofidolsεἰδώλωνeidōlōnG1497,andfromfornication,andfromwhatisstrangled,andfrombloodαἵματος.aimatosG129.
21ForMosesΜωϋσῆςMōusēsG3475,fromgenerationsγενεῶνgeneōnG1074ofoldἀρχαίωνarchaiōnG744,hasineverycityπόλινpolinG4172thosewhopreachG2784him,beingreadἀναγινωσκόμενος.¶anaginōskomenosG314inthesynagoguesG4864everysabbathσάββατονsabbatonG4521.
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