Deeds (Act) of Apostles 15:3-40

³And so they were led forth of the church, and passed by Phoenicia and Samaria; and they told the conver-sation or the living of heathen men, and they made great joy to all the brethren.

⁴And when they came to Jeru-salem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles, and of the elder men, and told, how great or how many things God did with them.

⁵But some of the heresy of the Pharisees, that believed, rose up, and said, That it behooveth them to be circumcised, and to command to keep also the law of Moses.

⁶And the apostles and elder men came together, to see of this word.

⁷And when there was made a great seeking thereof, Peter rose, and said to them, Brethren, ye know, that of old days in you, God chose by my mouth heathen men, to hear the word of the gospel, and to believe;

⁸and God, that knew the hearts, bare witnessing, and gave to them the Holy Ghost, as also to us;

⁹and nothing diversed betwixt us and them, cleansing the hearts of them by faith.

¹⁰Now then what tempt ye God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither we, neither our fathers might bear?

¹¹But by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be saved, as also they.

¹²And all the multitude held peace, and heard Barnabas and Paul, telling how great or how many signs and wonders God did by them in heathen men.

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

¹⁴Simon 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.

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

¹⁶After this I shall turn again, and build the tabernacle of David, that fell down; and I shall build again the cast-down things of it, and I shall raise it;

¹⁷that other men seek the Lord, and all folks, on whom my name is called to help or in-called; the Lord doing this thing, saith.

¹⁸From the world, the work of the Lord is known to the Lord.

¹⁹For which thing I deem them that of heathen men be converted to God, to be not dis-eased or unquieted,

²⁰but to write to them, that they abstain them from defoulings of mau-mets or of simulacra, and from forni-cation, and strangled things, and blood.

²¹For Moses of old times hath in all cities them that preach him in syna-gogues, whereby each sabbath he is read.

²²Then it pleased to the apostles, and to the elder men, with all the church, to choose men of them, and send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, Judas, that was named Barsabas, and Silas, the first men among brethren;

²³and wrote by the hands of them, Apostles and elder brethren to them that be at Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren of heathen men, greeting.

²⁴For we heard that some went out from us, and troubled you with words, and turned upside-down your souls, to which men we commanded not,

²⁵it pleased to us gathered into one, to choose men, and send to you, with our most dearworthy Barnabas and Paul,

²⁶men that gave their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷Therefore we sent Judas and Silas, and they shall tell the same things to you by words.

²⁸For it is seen to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to put to you nothing more of charge, than these needful things,

²⁹that ye abstain you from the offered things of maumets or simu-lacra, and blood strangled, and forni-cation. From which ye keeping you, shall do well. Fare ye well.

³⁰Therefore they were let go or dismissed, and came down to Antioch; and when the multitude was gathered, they betook the epistle;

³¹which when they had read, they joyed on the comfort.

³²And Judas and Silas and they, for they were prophets, comforted brothers, and confirmed them with full many words.

³³But after that they had been there a little while, they were let go of brethren with peace or they were dismissed with peace of brethren, to them that had sent them.

³⁴But it was seen to Silas, to dwell there; and Judas went alone to Jeru-salem.

³⁵And Paul and Barnabas dwelt at Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with others many or with many others.

³⁶But after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Turn we again, and visit we our brethren by all cities, in which we have preached the word of the Lord, how they have them.

³⁷And Barnabas would take with him John, that was named Mark.

³⁸But Paul prayed him, that he that departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them into the work, should not be received.

³⁹And dissension was made, so that they departed atwain. And Barnabas took Mark, and came by boat to Cyprus.

⁴⁰And Paul chose Silas, and went forth from the brethren, and was betaken to the grace of God.