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Acts 15:3-19

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3So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.
4And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
5But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.
6And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
7And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
8And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;
9Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
10Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
11But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
12And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.
13And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:
14Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
15And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,
16After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:
17So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
18Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
19For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

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