Acts 15:1-10

11Some men came down from Judea and began teaching 2the brothers, “Unless you are 3circumcised according to 4the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2And after Paul and Barnabas had 5a heated argument and 6debate with them, 7the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the 8apostles and elders concerning this issue. 3Therefore, after being 9sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both 10Phoenicia and Samaria, 11describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all 12the brothers and sisters. 4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, 13the apostles, and the elders, and they 14reported all that God had done with them. 5But some of 15the sect of the 16Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to 17circumcise 18them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses.”

619The apostles and the elders came together to 20look into this 21matter. 7After there had been much 22debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “23Brothers, you know that 24in the early days 25God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of 26the gospel and believe. 8And God, 27who knows the heart, testified to them 28giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9and 29He made no distinction between us and them, 30cleansing their hearts by faith. 10Since this is the case, why are you 31putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which 32neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?