Acts 15:10-41

10NowG3568 thereforeG3767 whyG5101 do you 1putG3985 GodG2316 to the testG3985 by placingG2007 upon the neckG5137 of the disciplesG3101 a yokeG2218 whichG3739 2neitherG3777 our fathersG3962 norG3777 we have beenG2480 ableG2480 to bearG941? 11But we believeG4100 that we are savedG4982 throughG1223 3the graceG5485 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424, in the sameG3739 wayG5158 as they alsoG2548 are.”

12AllG3956 the peopleG4128 keptG4601 silentG4601, and they were listeningG191 to BarnabasG921 and PaulG3972 as they were 4relatingG1834 whatG3745 5signsG4592 and wondersG5059 GodG2316 had doneG4160 throughG1223 them amongG1722 the GentilesG1484. 13AfterG3326 they had stoppedG4601 speakingG4601, 67JamesG2385 answeredG611, sayingG3004, “BrethrenG435G80, listenG191 to me. 148SimeonG4826 has relatedG1834 howG2531 GodG2316 firstG4413 concernedG1980 Himself aboutG1980 takingG2983 from amongG1537 the GentilesG1484 a peopleG2992 for His nameG3686. 15With thisG3778 the wordsG3056 of 9the ProphetsG4396 agreeG4856, justG2531 as it is writtenG1125,16‘10AfterG3326 theseG3778 thingsG3778 11I will returnG390, And I will rebuildG456 the 12tabernacleG4633 of DavidG1160 which has fallenG4098, And I will rebuildG456 its ruinsG2690, And I will restoreG461 it,1713SoG3704 that the restG2645 of 14mankindG444 may seekG1567 the LordG2962, And allG3956 the GentilesG1484 1516whoG3739 are calledG1941 by My nameG3686,’1817SaysG3004 the LordG2962, who 1819makesG4160 theseG3778 thingsG3778 knownG1110 from longG165 agoG165. 19ThereforeG1352 it is 20my judgmentG2919 that we do not troubleG3926 thoseG3588 who are turningG1994 to GodG2316 from amongG575 the GentilesG1484, 20but that we writeG1989 to them that they abstainG568 from 2122thingsG234 contaminatedG234 by idolsG1497 and from 23fornicationG4202 and from 24what is strangledG4156 and from bloodG129. 21For 25MosesG3475 from ancientG744 generationsG1074 hasG2192 in everyG2596 cityG4172 thoseG3588 who preachG2784 him, since 26he is readG314 in the synagoguesG4864 everyG3956 SabbathG4521.”

22ThenG5119 it seemedG1380 goodG1380 to 27the apostlesG652 and the eldersG4245, with the wholeG3650 churchG1577, to chooseG1586 menG435 from amongG1537 them to sendG3992 to 28AntiochG490 with PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921--JudasG2455 calledG2564 BarsabbasG923, and 29SilasG4609, leadingG2233 menG435 amongG1722 30the brethrenG80, 23and they 31sentG1125 this letterG1125 by them, “32The apostlesG652 and the brethrenG80 who are eldersG4245, to 33the brethrenG80 in 34AntiochG490 and 35SyriaG4947 and 36CiliciaG2791 whoG3588 are from the GentilesG1484, 37greetingsG5463. 24SinceG1894 we have heardG191 that 38someG5100 39of our numberG1473 to whomG3739 we gaveG1291 noG3756 instructionG1291 have 40disturbedG5015 you with their wordsG3056, unsettlingG384 your soulsG5590, 2541it seemedG1380 goodG1380 to us, having 42becomeG1096 of oneG3661 mindG3661, to selectG1586 menG435 to sendG3992 to you with our belovedG27 BarnabasG921 and PaulG3972, 26menG444 who have 4344riskedG3860 their livesG5590 for the nameG3686 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547. 27ThereforeG3767 we have sentG649 45JudasG2455 and 46SilasG4609, who themselvesG846 will alsoG2532 reportG518 the sameG846 thingsG846 by wordG3056 of mouth. 28For 47it seemedG1380 goodG1380 to 48the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and to 49us to layG2007 upon you noG3367 greaterG4183 burdenG922 thanG4133 theseG3778 essentialsG1876: 29that you abstainG568 from 50thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494 and from 51bloodG129 and from 52thingsG4156 strangledG4156 and from 53fornicationG4202; 54if you keepG1301 yourselvesG1438 freeG1301 from suchG3779 thingsG3739, you will doG4238 wellG2095. FarewellG4517.”

30SoG3767 when they were sentG630 awayG630, 55they wentG2718 downG2718 to AntiochG490; and having gatheredG4863 the 56congregationG4128 togetherG4863, they deliveredG1929 the letterG1992. 31When they had readG314 it, they rejoicedG5463 becauseG1909 of its 57encouragementG3874. 3258JudasG2455 and 59SilasG4609, alsoG2532 beingG1510 60prophetsG4396 themselvesG846, 61encouragedG3870 and strengthenedG1991 62the brethrenG80 with a lengthyG4183 messageG3056. 33After they had spentG4160 timeG5550 there, they were sentG630 awayG630 from the brethrenG80 63in peaceG1515 to thoseG3588 who had 64sentG649 them out. 34[65But it seemedG1380 goodG1380 to SilasG4609 to remainG1961 thereG847.] 35But 66PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921 stayedG1304 in AntiochG490, teachingG1321 and 67preachingG2097 with manyG4183 othersG2087 alsoG2532, 68the wordG3056 of the LordG2962.

36AfterG3326 someG5100 daysG2250 PaulG3972 saidG3004 to BarnabasG921, “Let us returnG1994 and visitG1980 the brethrenG80 in 69everyG3956 cityG4172 in whichG3739 we proclaimedG2605 70the wordG3056 of the LordG2962, and see howG4459 they are.” 37BarnabasG921 wantedG1014 to takeG4838 71JohnG2491, calledG2564 MarkG3138, alongG4838 with them alsoG2532. 38But PaulG3972 kept insistingG515 that they should not takeG4838 him alongG4838 who had 72desertedG868 them 73in PamphyliaG3828 and had not goneG4905 with them to the workG2041. 39And there occurredG1096 such a sharpG3948 disagreementG3948 that they separatedG673 from oneG240 anotherG240, and BarnabasG921 tookG3880 74MarkG3138 with him and sailedG1602 awayG1602 to 75CyprusG2954. 40But PaulG3972 choseG1951 76SilasG4609 and leftG1831, being 77committedG3860 by the brethrenG80 to the graceG5485 of the LordG2962. 41And he was travelingG1330 throughG1330 78SyriaG4947 and 79CiliciaG2791, strengtheningG1991 the churchesG1577.