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Chapter Fifteen And certain men which came
down from Judea taught the brethren,

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and said, Except ye be circumcised after
the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

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When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no
small dissension and disputation with

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them, they determined that Paul and
Barnabas, and certain other of them,

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should go up to Jerusalem unto the
apostles and elders about this question.

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And being brought on their way by the
church, they passed through Pharnasi and

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Samaria, declaring the conversion of the
Gentiles, and they caused great joy unto

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all the brethren.

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And when they were come to Jerusalem,
they were received of the church,

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and of the apostles and elders,
and they declared all things that God had

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done with them.

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But there rose up certain of the sect of
the Pharisees which believed, saying that

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it was needful to circumcise them,
and to command them to keep the law of

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Moses.

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And the apostles and elders came together
for to consider of this matter.

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And when there had been much disputing,
Peter rose up and said unto them,

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Men and brethren, ye know how that a good
while ago God made choice among us,

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that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear
the word of the gospel and believe.

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And God, which knoweth the hearts,
bare them witness, giving them the Holy

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Ghost, even as he did unto us,
and put no difference between us and them,

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purifying their hearts by faith.

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Now therefore, why tempt ye God to put a
yoke upon the neck of the disciples,

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which neither our fathers nor we were able
to bear?

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But we believe that through the grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved,

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even as they.

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Then all the multitude kept silence,
and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul,

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declaring what miracles and wonders God
had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

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And after they had held their peace,
James answered, saying, Men and brethren,

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hearken unto me.

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Simeon hath declared how God at the first
did visit the Gentiles, to take out of

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them a people for his name.

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And to this agree the words of the
prophets, as it is written, After this I

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will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down.

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And I will build again the ruins thereof,
and I will set it up, that the residue of

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men might seek after the Lord,
and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is

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called, saith the Lord, who doeth all
these things.

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Known unto God are all his works from the
beginning of the world.

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Wherefore, my sentence is, that we trouble
not them, which from among the Gentiles

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are turned to God, but that we write unto
them that they abstain from pollutions of

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idols, and from fornication, and from
things strangled, and from blood.

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For Moses of old time hath in every city
them that preach him, being read in the

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synagogues every sabbath day.

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Then pleased it the apostles and elders
with the whole church to send chosen men

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of their own company to Antioch with Paul
and Barnabas, namely, Judas, surnamed

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Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the
brethren.

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And they wrote letters by them after this
manner.

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The apostles and elders and brethren send
greeting unto the brethren which are of

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the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria,
and Cilicia.

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Forasmuch as we have heard that certain
which went out from us have troubled you

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with words, subverting your souls,
saying, Ye must be circumcised,

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and keep the law, to whom we gave no such
commandment, it seemed good unto us,

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being assembled with one accord,
to send chosen men unto you with our

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beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have
hazarded their lives for the name of our

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Lord Jesus Christ.

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We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas,
who shall also tell you the same things by

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mouth.

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For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost,
and to us, to lay upon you no greater

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burden than these necessary things,
that ye abstain from meats offered to

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idols, and from blood, and from things
strangled, and from fornication,

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from which, if ye keep yourselves,
ye shall do well.

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Fare ye well.

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So when they were dismissed, they came to
Antioch.

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And when they had gathered the multitude
together, they delivered the epistle,

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which, when they had read, they rejoiced
for the consolation.

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And Judas and Silas, being prophets also
themselves, exhorted the brethren with

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many words, and confirmed them.

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And after they had tarried there a space,
they were let go in peace from the

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brethren unto the apostles.

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Notwithstanding, it pleased Silas to abide
there still.

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Paul also and Barnabas continued in
Antioch, teaching and preaching the word

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of the Lord with many others also.

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And some days after, Paul said unto
Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our

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brethren in every city where we have
preached the word of the Lord,

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and see how they do.

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And Barnabas determined to take with them
John, whose surname was Mark.

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But Paul thought not good to take him with
them, who departed from them from

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Pamphylia, and went not with them to the
work.

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And the contention was so sharp between
them, that they departed asunder one from

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the other.

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And so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto
Cyprus.

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And Paul chose Silas, and departed,
being recommended by the brethren unto the

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grace of God.

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And he went through Syria and Cilicia,
confirming the churches.