Acts 15

1And certainG5100 persons, having comeG2718 down from Judaea, taughtG1321 the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcisedG4059 according to the customG1485 of MosesG3475, ye cannot be savedG4982. 2A commotion therefore having taken placeG1096, and no smallG3641 discussion on the part of PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921 against them, they arranged that PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921, and certainG5100 othersG243 from amongst them, should goG305 up to JerusalemG2419 to the apostlesG652 and eldersG4245 about this question. 3They thereforeG3767, having been set on their way by the assemblyG1577, passedG1330 through PhoeniciaG5403 and SamariaG4540, relating the conversion of [those of] the nationsG1484. And they caused greatG3173 joyG5479 to all the brethren. 4And being arrived at JerusalemG2419, they were receivedG3858 by the assemblyG1577, and the apostlesG652, and the eldersG4245, and related all that 1GodG2316 had wrought with them. 5And some of those who were of the sectG139 of the PhariseesG5330, who believedG4100, rose up from among [them], sayingG3004 that they oughtG1163 to circumciseG4059 them and enjoin them to keepG5083 the lawG3551 of MosesG3475. 6And the apostlesG652 and the eldersG4245 were gatheredG4863 togetherG4863 to seeG3708 about this matterG3056. 7And muchG4183 discussion having taken placeG1096, PeterG4074, standing up, saidG3004 to them, Brethren, ye knowG1987 that from the earliest daysG2250 2GodG2316 amongst you chose that the nationsG1484 by my mouthG4750 should hearG191 the wordG3056 of the glad tidings and believeG4100. 8And the heart-knowing 3GodG2316 bore them witnessG3140, givingG1325 [them] the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 as to us alsoG2532, 9and put no difference between us and them, having purified their heartsG2588 by faithG4102. 10NowG3568 thereforeG3767 whyG5101 temptG3985 ye 4GodG2316, by putting a yokeG2218 upon the neckG5137 of the disciplesG3101, which neither our fathersG3962 nor we have been ableG2480 to bearG941? 11But we believeG4100 that we shall be savedG4982 by the graceG5485 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424, in the same manner as they also. 12And all the multitudeG4128 kept silence and listenedG191 to BarnabasG921 and PaulG3972 relating all the signsG4592 and wondersG5059 which 5GodG2316 had wrought among the nationsG1484 by them. 13And after they had held their peace, JamesG2385 answeredG611, sayingG3004, Brethren, listenG191 to me: 14Simon has related how 6GodG2316 firstG4413 visited to takeG2983 out of [the] nationsG1484 a peopleG2992 for his nameG3686. 15And with this agreeG4856 the wordsG3056 of the prophetsG4396; as it is writtenG1125: 16After these thingsG3778 I will return, and will rebuildG456 the tabernacleG4633 of DavidG1138 which is fallenG4098, and will rebuildG456 its ruins, and will set it up, 17so that the residue of menG444 may seek out the LordG2962, and all the nationsG1484 on whom my nameG3686 is invoked, saith [the] LordG2962, who does these thingsG3778 18known from eternityG165. 19Wherefore I judgeG2919, not to trouble those who from the nationsG1484 turnG1994 to 7GodG2316; 20but to write to them to abstainG568 from pollutions of idolsG1497, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from bloodG129. 21For MosesG3475, from generationsG1074 of oldG744, has in every cityG4172 those who preachG2784 him, being readG314 in the synagoguesG4864 every sabbathG4521. 22Then it seemedG1380 goodG1380 to the apostlesG652 and to the eldersG4245, with the wholeG3650 assemblyG1577, to sendG3992 chosen menG435 from among them with PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921 to AntiochG490, JudasG2455 calledG2564 Barsabas and SilasG4609, leading menG435 among the brethren, 23having by their handG5495 writtenG1125 [thus]: The apostlesG652, and the eldersG4245, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among [the] nationsG1484 at AntiochG490, and [in] SyriaG4947 and CiliciaG2791, greetingG5463: 24Inasmuch as we have heardG191 that some who wentG1831 out from amongst us have troubledG5015 you by wordsG3056, upsetting your soulsG5590, [sayingG3056 that ye must be circumcised and keep the law]; to whom we gave no commandment; 25it seemedG1380 goodG1380 to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to sendG3992 chosen menG435 to you with our belovedG27 BarnabasG921 and PaulG3972, 26menG444 who have given up their livesG5590 for the nameG3686 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547. 27We have thereforeG3767 sentG649 JudasG2455 and SilasG4609, who themselves alsoG2532 will tellG518 you by wordG3056 [of mouth] the sameG846 things. 28For it has seemedG1380 goodG1380 to the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and to us to lay upon you no greaterG4183 burdenG922 than these necessary thingsG3778: 29to abstainG568 from thingsG3739 sacrificed to idols, and from bloodG129, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell. 30They thereforeG3767, being let goG630, cameG2718 to AntiochG490, and having gatheredG4863 the multitudeG4128 delivered to [them] the epistle. 31And having readG314 it, they rejoicedG5463 at the consolation. 32And JudasG2455 and SilasG4609, beingG1510 themselves alsoG2532 prophetsG4396, exhortedG3870 the brethren with muchG4183 discourse, and strengthenedG1991 them. 33And having passed some timeG5550 [there], they were let goG630 in peaceG1515 from the brethren to those who sentG649 them. 35And PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921 stayedG1304 in AntiochG490, teachingG1321 and announcing the glad tidings, with manyG4183 othersG2087 alsoG2532, of the wordG3056 of the LordG2962. 36But after certainG5100 daysG2250 PaulG3972 saidG3004 to BarnabasG921, Let us returnG1994 nowG1161 and visitG1980 the brethren in every cityG4172 where we have announced the wordG3056 of the LordG2962, [and see] howG4459 they are getting on. 37And BarnabasG921 proposed to takeG4838 with [them] JohnG2491 alsoG2532, calledG2564 MarkG3138; 38but PaulG3972 thought it not well to takeG4838 with them him who had abandoned them, [going back] from PamphyliaG3828, and had not gone with them to the workG2041. 39There aroseG1096 thereforeG5620 very warm feeling, so that they separated from oneG240 another; and BarnabasG921 taking MarkG3138 sailedG1602 awayG575 to CyprusG2954; 40but PaulG3972 having chosen SilasG4609 wentG1831 forthG1831, committed by the brethren to the graceG5485 of 8God. 41And he passedG1330 through SyriaG4947 and CiliciaG2791, confirming the assemblies.