DAY 16



AC-15:4  And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were 
received of

the church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared 
all

things that God had done with them.



AC-15:5  But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees

which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, 
and

to command [them] to keep the law of Moses.



AC-15:6  And the apostles and elders came together for to 
consider

of this matter.



AC-15:7  And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, 
and

said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while

ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth 
should

hear the word of the gospel, and believe.



AC-15:8  And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,

giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;



AC-15:9  And put no difference between us and them, purifying 
their

hearts by faith.



AC-15:10  Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the

neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were 
able to

bear?



AC-15:11  But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus

Christ we shall be saved, even as they.



AC-15:12  Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience 
to

Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had

wrought among the Gentiles by them.



AC-15:13  And after they had held their peace, James answered,

saying, Men [and] brethren, hearken unto me:



AC-15:14  Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the

Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.



AC-15:15  And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is

written,



AC-15:16  After this I will return, and will build again the

tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again

the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:



AC-15:17  That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and 
all

the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who 
doeth

all these things.



AC-15:18  Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of 
the

world.



AC-15:19  Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, 
which

from among the Gentiles are turned to God:



AC-15:20  But that we write unto them, that they abstain from

pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things

strangled, and [from] blood.



AC-15:21  For Moses of old time hath in every city them that 
preach

him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.



AC-15:22  Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole

church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with 
Paul

and Barnabas; [namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief

men among the brethren:



AC-15:23  And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The

apostles and elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the 
brethren

which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:



AC-15:24  Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out

from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, 
saying,

[Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no

[such] commandment:



AC-15:25  It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one 
accord,

to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,



AC-15:26  Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our

Lord Jesus Christ.



AC-15:27  We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also

tell [you] the same things by mouth.



AC-15:28  For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay

upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;



AC-15:29  That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from

blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from 
which

if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.



AC-15:30  So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and

when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the

epistle:



AC-15:31  [Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the

consolation.



AC-15:32  And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,

exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].



AC-15:33  And after they had tarried [there] a space, they were 
let

go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.



AC-15:34  Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.



AC-15:35  Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching 
and

preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.



AC-15:36  And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go

again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached

the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.



AC-15:37  And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose

surname was Mark.



AC-15:38  But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who

departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the

work.



AC-15:39  And the contention was so sharp between them, that they

departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, 
and

sailed unto Cyprus; 



 

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