<vn='1'><sn="2532">And</s> certain <sn="5100">men</s> which came <sn="2718">down</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2449">Judea</s><sn="1321">taught</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, and said, <sn="3362">Except</s> ye be <sn="4059">circumcised</s> after <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1485">manner</s> of <sn="3475">Moses</s>, ye <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s> be <sn="4982">saved</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>When <sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="1096">had</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="3641">small</s><sn="4714">dissension</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4803">disputation</s><sn="4314">with</s><sn="846">them</s>, they <sn="5021">determined</s> that <sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="243">other</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="846">them</s>, should go <sn="305">up</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4245">elders</s><sn="4012">about</s><sn="5127">this</s><sn="2213">question</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3767">And</s><sn="*3303">being</s> brought on their <sn="4311">way</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>, <sn="3588">they</s> passed <sn="1330">through</s><sn="5403">Phoenicia</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4540">Samaria</s>, <sn="1555">declaring</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1995">conversion</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="4160">caused</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="5479">joy</s> unto <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">And</s> when they were <sn="3854">come</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, they were <sn="588">received</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4245">elders</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> they <sn="312">declared</s> all things <sn="3745">that</s><sn="2316">God</s> had <sn="4160">done</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">But</s> there rose <sn="1817">up</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="139">sect</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5330">Pharisees</s> which <sn="4100">believed</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="3754">That</s> it was <sn="1163">needful</s> to <sn="4059">circumcise</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> to <sn="3853">command</s> them to <sn="5083">keep</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="3475">Moses</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4245">elders</s> came <sn="4863">together</s> for to <sn="1492">consider</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="5127">this</s><sn="3056">matter</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">And</s> when there had <sn="1096">been</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="4803">disputing</s>, <sn="4074">Peter</s> rose <sn="450">up</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="435">Men</s> and <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="5210">ye</s><sn="1987">know</s> how <sn="3754">that</s> a good while <sn="575 744 2250">ago</s><sn="2316">God</s> made <sn="1586">choice</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="2254">us</s>, that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4750">mouth</s> should <sn="191">hear</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4100">believe</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2316">God</s>, which knoweth the <sn="2589">hearts</s>, bare them <sn="3140 846">witness</s>, <sn="1325">giving</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s> he <sn="*2532">did</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s>; </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> put no <sn="1252 3762">difference</s><sn="3342">between</s><sn="2257">us</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2511">purifying</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2588">hearts</s> by <sn="4102">faith</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3568">Now</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="5101">why</s><sn="3985">tempt</s> ye <sn="2316">God</s>, to <sn="2007">put</s> a <sn="2218">yoke</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5137">neck</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3777">neither</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">fathers</s><sn="3777">nor</s><sn="2249">we</s> were <sn="2480">able</s> to <sn="941">bear</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="235">But</s> we <sn="4100">believe</s> that <sn="1223">through</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> we shall be <sn="4982">saved</s>, even as <sn="2596 3739 5158 2548">they</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4128">multitude</s> kept <sn="4601">silence</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> gave <sn="191">audience</s> to <sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, <sn="1834">declaring</s><sn="3745">what</s><sn="4592">miracles</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5059">wonders</s><sn="2316">God</s> had <sn="4160">wrought</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">And</s> after <sn="846">they</s> had held their <sn="4601">peace</s>, <sn="2385">James</s><sn="611">answered</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="435">Men</s> and <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="191">hearken</s> unto <sn="3450">me</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="4826">Simeon</s> hath <sn="1834">declared</s><sn="2531">how</s><sn="2316">God</s> at the <sn="4412">first</s> did <sn="1980">visit</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, to <sn="2983">take</s> out <sn="1537">of</s> them a <sn="2992">people</s><sn="1909">for</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3686">name</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> to <sn="5129">this</s><sn="4856">agree</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">words</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>; <sn="2531">as</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3326">After</s><sn="5023">this</s> I will <sn="390">return</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> will build <sn="456">again</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4633">tabernacle</s> of <sn="1138">David</s>, which is fallen <sn="4098">down</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> I will build <sn="456">again</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2679">ruins</s><sn="846">thereof</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I will set it <sn="461 846">up</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3704">That</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2645">residue</s> of <sn="444">men</s> might seek <sn="1567 302">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, <sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3686">name</s> is <sn="1941">called</s>, <sn="*3004 846">saith</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, who <sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="3956">all</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1110">Known</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">are</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2041">works</s><sn="575">from</s> the beginning of the <sn="165">world</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s><sn="1473">my</s> sentence <sn="2919">is</s>, that we <sn="3926">trouble</s><sn="3361">not</s> them, which <sn="575">from</s> among <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s> are <sn="1994">turned</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="2316">God</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="235">But</s> that we <sn="1989">write</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, that they <sn="567">abstain</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="234">pollutions</s> of <sn="1497">idols</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from <sn="4202">fornication</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from things <sn="4156">strangled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from <sn="129">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3475">Moses</s> of old <sn="1537 744 1074">time</s><sn="2192">hath</s> in every <sn="2596 4172">city</s> them that <sn="2784">preach</s><sn="846">him</s>, being <sn="314">read</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogues</s><sn="2596 3956">every</s> sabbath <sn="4521">day</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="5119">Then</s><sn="1380">pleased</s> it <sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4245">elders</s>, <sn="4862">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3650">whole</s><sn="1577">church</s>, to <sn="3992">send</s><sn="1586">chosen</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="1537">of</s> their own <sn="846">company</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="490">Antioch</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s>: namely, <sn="2455">Judas</s><sn="1941">surnamed</s><sn="923">Barsabas</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4609">Silas</s>, <sn="2233">chief</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>And they <sn="1125">wrote</s> letters <sn="1223">by</s><sn="848">them</s> after this <sn="3592">manner</s>; <sn="3588">The</s><sn="652">apostles</s> and <sn="4245">elders</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="80">brethren</s> send <sn="5463">greeting</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="3588">which</s> are <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s><sn="2596">in</s><sn="490">Antioch</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4947">Syria</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2791">Cilicia</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Forasmuch <sn="1894">as</s> we have <sn="191">heard</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="5100">certain</s> which went <sn="1831">out</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="2257">us</s> have <sn="5015">troubled</s><sn="5209">you</s> with <sn="3056">words</s>, <sn="384">subverting</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5590">souls</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, Ye must be <sn="4059">circumcised</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5083">keep</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>: to <sn="3739">whom</s> we gave no such <sn="1291 3756">commandment</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>It seemed <sn="1380">good</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s>, being <sn="1096">assembled</s> with one <sn="3661">accord</s>, to <sn="3992">send</s><sn="1586">chosen</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, </v>
<vn='26'><sn="444">Men</s> that have <sn="3860">hazarded</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="5590">lives</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>We have <sn="649">sent</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="2455">Judas</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4609">Silas</s>, <sn="846">who</s> shall <sn="2532">also</s><sn="518">tell</s> you <sn="3588">the</s> same <sn="846">things</s> by <sn="1223 3056">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1063">For</s> it seemed <sn="1380">good</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="2254">us</s>, to <sn="2007">lay</s> upon <sn="5213">you</s><sn="3367">no</s><sn="4119">greater</s><sn="922">burden</s><sn="4133">than</s><sn="5130">these</s> necessary <sn="1876">things</s>; </v>
<vn='29'>That ye <sn="567">abstain</s> from meats offered to <sn="1494">idols</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from <sn="129">blood</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from things <sn="4156">strangled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> from <sn="4202">fornication</s>: <sn="1537">from</s><sn="3739">which</s> if ye <sn="1301">keep</s><sn="1438">yourselves</s>, ye shall <sn="4238">do</s><sn="2095">well</s>, Fare ye <sn="4517">well</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3767">So</s> when <sn="3588">they</s><sn="*3303">were</s><sn="630">dismissed</s>, they <sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="490">Antioch</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> when they had gathered the multitude <sn="4863 3588 4128">together</s>, they <sn="1929">delivered</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1992">epistle</s>: </v>
<vn='31'> Which <sn="1161">when</s> they had <sn="314">read</s>, they <sn="5463">rejoiced</s><sn="1909">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3874">consolation</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="1161">And</s> after they had <sn="4160">tarried</s> there a <sn="5550">space</s>, they were let <sn="630">go</s><sn="3326">in</s><sn="1515">peace</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1161">Notwithstanding</s> it <sn="1380">pleased</s><sn="4609">Silas</s> to <sn="1961">abide</s><sn="847">there</s> still. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="1161">also</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="1304">continued</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="490">Antioch</s>, <sn="1321">teaching</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2097">preaching</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="3326">with</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="2087">others</s><sn="2532">also</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5100">some</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="3326">after</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s>, Let us go <sn="1994 *1211">again</s> and <sn="1980">visit</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="2596">in</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="4172">city</s><sn="1722 3739">where</s> we have <sn="2605">preached</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, and see <sn="4459">how</s> they <sn="2192">do</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="1011">determined</s> to take <sn="4838">with</s> them <sn="2491">John</s>, whose surname <sn="2564">was</s><sn="3138">Mark</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3972">Paul</s> thought not <sn="515 3361">good</s> to take him <sn="4838 5126">with</s> them, who <sn="868">departed</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3828">Pamphylia</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> went not <sn="4905 3361">with</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2041">work</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="3767">And</s> the contention was so sharp <sn="3948 1096">between</s> them, <sn="5620">that</s><sn="846">they</s> departed <sn="673">asunder</s> one from the <sn="575 240">other</s>: <sn="5037">and</s> so <sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="3880">took</s><sn="3138">Mark</s>, and <sn="1602">sailed</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2954">Cyprus</s>; </v>
<vn='40'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="1951">chose</s><sn="4609">Silas</s>, and <sn="1831">departed</s>, being <sn="3860">recommended</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="1161">And</s> he went <sn="1330">through</s><sn="4947">Syria</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2791">Cilicia</s>, <sn="1991">confirming</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">churches</s>. </v>