Acts 15:12-22

12All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were 1relating all the 2signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles. 13After they stopped speaking, 34James responded, saying, “5Brothers, listen to me. 146Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles. 15The words of 7the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written:16‘8After these things 9I will return, And I will rebuild the fallen 10tabernacle of David, And I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it,1711So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the Gentiles 1213who are called by My name,’1814Says the Lord, who 1516makes these things known from long ago. 19Therefore, it is 17my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God, 20but that we write to them that they abstain from 1819things contaminated by idols, from 20acts of sexual immorality, from 21what has been 22strangled, and from blood. 21For 23from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since 24he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

22Then it seemed good to 25the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to 26Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas who was called Barsabbas, and 27Silas, leading men among 28the brothers,