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Acts 15 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:1 - And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4 - And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 - But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:6 - And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:8 - And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:9 - and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:11 - But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.

James's Judgment

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:13 - And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:15 - And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:16 -
After these things I will return,
And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen;
And I will build again the ruins thereof,
And I will set it up:

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That the residue of men may seek after the Lord,
And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:18 -
Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20 - but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:24 - Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:25 - it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:26 - men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:27 - We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:28 - For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:30 - So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:31 - And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:32 - And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33 - And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:34 - [fn]But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:35 - But Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Second Missionary Journey

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36 - And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:37 - And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:38 - But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:39 - And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:40 - but Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:41 - And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
ASV Footnotes
Some manuscripts exclude verse, with variations, v. 34. But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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