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Acts 15:1-19

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1Then some men arrived from Judea who started teaching the believers, “Unless you're circumcised according to the rules set down by Moses, you can't be saved.”
2Paul and Barnabas had many arguments and debates with them. So Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go to Jerusalem and talk to the apostles and leaders there about this issue.
3The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they explained how foreigners were being converted, which made all the believers very happy.
4When they arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed by the church members, the apostles, and the elders. They explained everything God had done through them.
5But they were opposed by some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisee faction. They said, “These converts have to be circumcised, and instructed to observe the law of Moses.”
6The apostles and elders met together to discuss the issue.
7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me from among you so that the foreigners could hear the message of good news and trust in Jesus.
8God, who knows thewhat we're thinking, has shown that he accepts them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.
9He doesn't make any distinction between us and them—he cleansed their thoughts as they trusted in him.
10So why do you want to oppose God and put a burden on the believers that our fathers weren't able to bear, and we can't either?
11We're convinced that we're saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way they are.”
12Everyone listened attentively to Barnabas and Paul as they explained the miraculous signs that God had performed through them among the foreigners.
13After they had finished speaking, James spoke up, saying, “Brothers, listen to me.
14Simon has described how God first revealed his concern for the foreigners by taking from them a people committed to him.
15This is in accordance with the words of the prophets, as it's written,
16‘In the future I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen house of David; I will rebuild its ruins and set it straight.
17I will do this so that those who are left may come to the Lord, including the foreigners who call on my name.
18This is what the Lord says, who revealed these things long ago.’
19So my decision is that we shouldn't make it difficult for foreigners who turn to God.

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