Acts 15:2-30, Galatians 2:1-10 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Acts 15:2-30

2 And when Paul and Barnabas had not a little dissension and ^adebate with them, ^bthe brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the ^capostles and elders concerning this issue. 3 Therefore, being ^asent on their way by the church, they were passing through both ^bPhoenicia and Samaria, ^crecounting in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all ^dthe brothers. 4 When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and ^athe apostles and the elders, and they ^breported all that God had done with them. 5 But some of ^athe sect of the ^bPharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to ^ccircumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.”
6 ^aBoth the apostles and the elders came together to ¹look into this ²matter. 7 And after there had been much ^adebate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that ¹in the early days ^bGod made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of ^cthe gospel and believe. 8 And God, ^awho knows the heart, testified to them ^bgiving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9 and ^aHe made no distinction between us and them, ^bcleansing their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why do you ^aput God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which ^bneither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 But we believe that we are saved through ^athe grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”
12 And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were ^arelating what ^bsigns and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

James Issues a Judgment

13 Now after they had stopped speaking, ^aJames answered, saying, “Brothers, listen to me. 14 ^aSimeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. 15 And with this the words of ^athe Prophets agree, just as it is written,
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‘^aAfter these things ^bI will return,

And I will rebuild the ^cfallen ¹booth of David,

And I will rebuild its ruins,

And I will restore it,

^aSo that the rest of ¹mankind may seek the Lord,

And all the Gentiles ²^bwho are called by My name,’

^aSays the ¹Lord, who ²^bmakes these things known from long ago.

19 Therefore ^aI judge that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, 20 but that we write to them that they abstain from ^athings contaminated by idols and from ^bsexual immorality and from ^cwhat is strangled and from blood. 21 For from ancient generations, ^aMoses has those who preach him in every city, since ¹he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
22 Then it seemed good to ^athe apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them—Judas called Barsabbas, and ^bSilas, leading men among ^cthe brothers—to send to ^dAntioch with Paul and Barnabas, 23 and they ¹sent this letter by them,

“^aThe apostles and the brothers who are elders, to ^bthe brothers in ^cAntioch and ^dSyria and ^eCilicia who are from the Gentiles, ^fgreetings.

Since we have heard that ^asome of us, to whom we gave no instruction, have gone out and ^bdisturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

^ait seemed good to us, having ¹come to one accord, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

men who have ¹^arisked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore we have sent ^aJudas and ^bSilas, and they themselves will report the same things by word of mouth.

For ^ait seemed good to ^bthe Holy Spirit and to ^cus to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

that you abstain from ^athings sacrificed to idols and from ^ablood and from ^athings strangled and from ^asexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, you will do well. Farewell.”

30 So when they were sent away, ^athey went down to Antioch; and having gathered the ¹congregation together, they delivered the letter.

Galatians 2:1-10

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

Then after fourteen years I ^awent up again to Jerusalem with ^bBarnabas, taking ^cTitus along also. 2 And I went up ¹because of a ^arevelation, and I laid out to them the ^bgospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, lest somehow I might be ^crunning, or had run, in vain. 3 But not even ^aTitus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was ^bcompelled to be circumcised. 4 But this was because of the ^afalse brothers secretly brought in, who ^bhad sneaked in to spy out our ^cfreedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^denslave us. 5 But we did not yield in subjection to them for even ¹a moment, so that ^athe truth of the gospel would remain with you. 6 But from those who ¹were of high ^areputation (what they were makes no difference to me; ^bGod ²shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me. 7 But on the contrary, seeing that I had been ^aentrusted with the ^bgospel ¹to the uncircumcised, just as ^cPeter had been ²to the circumcised 8 (for He who worked in Peter unto his ^aapostleship ¹to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles), 9 and recognizing ^athe grace that had been given to me, ^bJames and ^cCephas and ¹John, who were ^dreputed to be ^epillars, gave to me and ^fBarnabas the ^gright ²hand of fellowship, so that we might ^hgo to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only they asked us to remember the poor—^athe very thing I also was eager to do.