Acts 15:13-18

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

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

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

¹⁶‘After this I will return; And I will rebuild the house of David which has fallen — Its ruins I will rebuild, And will set it up once more;

¹⁷That so the rest of mankind may earnestly seek the Lord — Even all the Gentiles on whom my name has been bestowed.

¹⁸Says the Lord, as he does these things, known from long ago.’