Deeds (Act) of Apostles 15:4-21

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.