Acts 15:13-15 in English

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:

¹⁴ Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:

¹⁴ Symeon hath rehearsed how first God did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹³ When Barnabas and Paul had finished speaking, James, the leader of the group of believers there in Jerusalem, spoke to all of them. He said, “Fellow believers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simon Peter has told you how God previously blessed the non-Jews. God did that by choosing from among them a people who would belong to him MTY.

¹⁵ These words that God spoke, words that were written by one of the prophets {that one of the prophets wrote} long ago, agree with that:

¹³ After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

¹⁴ Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

¹⁵ And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

¹⁴ Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.

¹⁵ And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me.

¹⁴ Simon hath related how God first visited to take of the Gentiles a people to his name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written:

¹³ Now after they had finished speaking, James answered, saying, “Men and brothers, listen to me:

¹⁴ Simeon has related how God first visited them to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

¹⁵ And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

¹³ Now when they finished, James reacted saying: “Men, brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has described how God first intervened to extract from the Gentiles a people for His name.

¹⁵ And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

¹³ After they had finished speaking, James spoke up, saying, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simon has described how God first revealed his concern for the foreigners by taking from them a people committed to him.

¹⁵ This is in accordance with the words of the prophets, as it's written,

¹³ And when they helde their peace, Iames answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared, howe God first did visite the Gentiles, to take of them a people vnto his Name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the woordes of the Prophets, as it is written,

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹³ And after they had done speaking, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken to me.

¹⁴ Simeon hath related how God first visited the gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ And with this agree the words of the Prophets, as it is written:

¹³ After they had finished speaking, James addressed the Council. “Friends,” he began, “hear what I have to say.

¹⁴ Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from amongst them a people to bear his name.

¹⁵ And that is in harmony with the words of the prophets, where they say —

¹³ After they had finished speaking, James addressed the Council. “Friends,” he began, “hear what I have to say.

¹⁴ Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from among them a people to bear his name.

¹⁵ And that is in harmony with the words of the prophets, where they say —

¹³ They finished talking, then a man called James stood up and said, “My friends, listen to me.

¹⁴ Peter just told us about the first time God showed everyone that he loves those people that are not Jews, and that he picked some of them to be his own people.

¹⁵ A long time ago God’s men told that same message. They wrote,

¹³ And when they helde their peace Iames answered sayinge: Men and brethren herken vnto me.

¹⁴ Simeon tolde how God at the begynnynge dyd visit the gentyls and receaved of them people vnto his name.

¹⁵ And to this agreith the wordes of the Prophetes as it is written.

¹³ After they stopped speaking, James answered, saying, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simon has told how God first graciously helped the Gentiles in order to take from them a people for his name.

¹⁵ The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,

¹³ After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ And after they held their peace, James answered, saying, Men, brethren, hearken to me.

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take from among them a people for his name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹³ After they were silent, Jacob answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ After they were silent, Jacob answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁵ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹³ And after that they held peace, James answered, and said, Brethren, hear ye me.

¹⁴ Simon told, how God visited, first to take of heathen men, a people to his name. Simon told, how first God visited, to take of heathen men a people to his name.

¹⁵ And the words of prophets accord to him, as it is written,

¹³ And after that they held (their) peace, James answered, and said, Brethren, hear ye me.

¹⁴ Simon told, how God visited, first to take (out) of heathen men, a people to his name. Simon told, how first God visited, to take (out) of (or from among) (the) heathen men a people to his name. (Simon told, how God first visited, to take, or to choose, from among the Gentiles, a people to his name.)

¹⁵ And the words of (the) prophets accord to him, as it is written,

¹³ and after they are silent, James answered, saying, 'Men, brethren, hearken to me;

¹⁴ Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

¹⁵ and to this agree the words of the prophets, as it hath been written: