1And2532 certain men5100 which came down2718 from575 Judaea2449 taught1321 the brethren80, and said,3754 Except3362 ye be circumcised4059 after the manner1485 of Moses3475, ye cannot3756 1410 be saved4982.
2When therefore3767 Paul3972 and2532 Barnabas921 had1096 no3756 small3641 dissension4714 and2532 disputation4803 with4314 them846, they determined5021 that Paul3972 and2532 Barnabas921, and2532 certain5100 other243 of1537 them846, should go up305 to1519 Jerusalem2419 unto4314 the apostles652 and2532 elders4245 about4012 this5127 question2213.
3And3303 3767 being brought on their way4311 by5259 the church1577, they passed through1330 Phenice5403 and2532 Samaria4540, declaring1555 the conversion1995 of the Gentiles1484: and2532 they caused4160 great3173 joy5479 unto all3956 the brethren80.
4And1161 when they were come3854 to1519 Jerusalem2419, they were received588 of5259 the church1577, and2532 of the apostles652 and2532 elders4245, and5037 they declared312 all things3745 that God2316 had done4160 with3326 them846.
5But1161 there rose up1817 certain5100 of575 the sect139 of the Pharisees5330 which believed4100, saying3004, That3754 it was needful1163 to circumcise4059 them846, and5037 to command3853 them to keep5083 the law3551 of Moses3475.
6And1161 the apostles652 and2532 elders4245 came together4863 for to consider1492 of4012 this5127 matter3056.
7And1161 when there had been1096 much4183 disputing4803, Peter4074 rose up450, and said2036 unto4314 them846, Men435 and brethren80, ye5210 know1987 how that3754 a good744 while2250 ago575 God2316 made choice1586 among1722 us2254, that the Gentiles1484 by1223 my3450 mouth4750 should hear191 the word3056 of the gospel2098, and2532 believe4100.
8And2532 God2316, which knoweth the hearts2589, bare them846 witness3140, giving1325 them846 the Holy40 Ghost4151, even2532 as2531 he did unto us2254;
9And2532 put1252 no3762 difference1252 between3342 5037 us2257 and2532 them846, purifying2511 their846 hearts2588 by faith4102.
10Now3568 therefore3767 why5101 tempt ye3985 God2316, to put2007 a yoke2218 upon1909 the neck5137 of the disciples3101, which3739 neither3777 our2257 fathers3962 nor3777 we2249 were able2480 to bear941?
11But235 we believe4100 that through1223 the grace5485 of the Lord2962 Jesus2424 Christ5547 we shall be saved4982, even2596 3739 as5158 they2548.
12Then1161 all3956 the multitude4128 kept silence4601, and2532 gave audience191 to Barnabas921 and2532 Paul3972, declaring1834 what3745 miracles4592 and2532 wonders5059 God2316 had wrought4160 among1722 the Gentiles1484 by1223 them846.
13And1161 after3326 they had held4601 their846 peace4601, James2385 answered611, saying3004, Men435 and brethren80, hearken191 unto me3450:
14Simeon4826 hath declared1834 how2531 God2316 at the first4412 did visit1980 the Gentiles1484, to take2983 out of1537 them a people2992 for1909 his846 name3686.
15And2532 to this5129 agree4856 the words3056 of the prophets4396; as2531 it is written1125,
16After3326 this5023 I will return390, and2532 will build again456 the tabernacle4633 of David1138, which3588 is fallen down4098; and2532 I will build again456 the ruins2679 thereof846, and2532 I will set461 it846 up461:
17That3704 302 the residue2645 of men444 might seek after1567 the Lord2962, and2532 all3956 the Gentiles1484, upon1909 whom3739 my3450 name3686 is called1941 1909 846, saith3004 the Lord2962, who3588 doeth4160 all3956 these things5023.
18Known1110 unto God2316 are2076 all3956 his846 works2041 from575 the beginning of the world165.
19Wherefore1352 my1473 sentence is2919, that we trouble3926 not3361 them, which3588 from among575 the Gentiles1484 are turned1994 to1909 God2316:
20But235 that we write1989 unto them846, that they abstain567 from575 pollutions234 of idols1497, and2532 from fornication4202, and2532 from things strangled4156, and2532 from blood129.
21For1063 Moses3475 of1537 old744 time1074 hath2192 in every2596 city4172 them that preach2784 him846, being read314 in1722 the synagogues4864 every2596 3956 sabbath day4521.
22Then5119 pleased it1380 the apostles652 and2532 elders4245, with4862 the whole3650 church1577, to send3992 chosen1586 men435 of1537 their own company846 to1519 Antioch490 with4862 Paul3972 and2532 Barnabas921; namely, Judas2455 surnamed1941 Barsabas923, and2532 Silas4609, chief2233 men435 among1722 the brethren80:
23And they wrote1125 letters by1223 them5495 846 after this manner3592; The apostles652 and2532 elders4245 and2532 brethren80 send greeting5463 unto the brethren80 which3588 are of1537 the Gentiles1484 in2596 Antioch490 and2532 Syria4947 and2532 Cilicia2791:
24Forasmuch as1894 we have heard191, that3754 certain5100 which went out1831 from1537 us2257 have troubled5015 you5209 with words3056, subverting384 your5216 souls5590, saying3004, Ye must be circumcised4059, and2532 keep5083 the law3551: to whom3739 we gave1291 no3756 such commandment1291:
25It seemed good1380 unto us2254, being assembled1096 with one accord3661, to send3992 chosen1586 men435 unto4314 you5209 with4862 our2257 beloved27 Barnabas921 and2532 Paul3972,
26Men444 that have hazarded3860 their846 lives5590 for5228 the name3686 of our2257 Lord2962 Jesus2424 Christ5547.
27We have sent649 therefore3767 Judas2455 and2532 Silas4609, who846 shall518 also2532 tell518 you the same things846 by1223 mouth3056.
28For1063 it seemed good1380 to the Holy40 Ghost4151, and2532 to us2254, to lay upon2007 you5213 no3367 greater4119 burden922 than4133 these5130 necessary things1876;
29That ye abstain567 from meats offered to idols1494, and2532 from blood129, and2532 from things strangled4156, and2532 from fornication4202: from1537 which3739 if ye keep1301 yourselves1438, ye shall do4238 well2095. Fare ye well4517.
30So3303 3767 when they were dismissed630, they came2064 to1519 Antioch490: and2532 when they had gathered4863 the multitude4128 together4863, they delivered1929 the epistle1992:
31Which when1161 they had read314, they rejoiced5463 for1909 the consolation3874.
32And Judas2455 and2532 Silas4609, being5607 prophets4396 also2532 themselves846, exhorted3870 the brethren80 with1223 many4183 words3056, and2532 confirmed1991 them.
33And1161 after they had tarried4160 there a space5550, they were let go630 in3326 peace1515 from575 the brethren80 unto4314 the apostles652.
34Notwithstanding1161 it pleased1380 Silas4609 to abide1961 there847 still1961.
35Paul3972 also1161 and2532 Barnabas921 continued1304 in1722 Antioch490, teaching1321 and2532 preaching2097 the word3056 of the Lord2962, with3326 many4183 others2087 also2532.
36And1161 some5100 days2250 after3326 Paul3972 said2036 unto4314 Barnabas921,1211 Let us go again1994 and visit1980 our2257 brethren80 in2596 every3956 city4172 where1722 3739 we have preached2605 the word3056 of the Lord2962, and see how4459 they do2192.
37And1161 Barnabas921 determined1011 to take with them4838 John2491, whose surname was2564 Mark3138.
38But1161 Paul3972 thought515 not3361 good515 to take4838 him5126 with them4838, who3588 departed868 from575 them846 from575 Pamphylia3828, and2532 went4905 not3361 with them846 to1519 the work2041.
39And3767 the contention3948 was1096 so sharp3948 between them846, that5620 they departed asunder673 one from the other575 240: and so5037 Barnabas921 took3880 Mark3138, and sailed1602 unto1519 Cyprus2954;
40And1161 Paul3972 chose1951 Silas4609, and departed1831, being recommended3860 by5259 the brethren80 unto the grace5485 of God2316.