Acts 15:6-29

6 ^aThe ^bapostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. 7And after there had been much ^cdebate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, ^dthat by my mouth the Gentiles should hear ^ethe word of ^fthe gospel and believe. 8And God, ^gwho knows the heart, ^hbore witness to them, ⁱby giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 9and ^jhe made no distinction between us and them, ^khaving cleansed their hearts ^lby faith. 10Now, therefore, why ^mare you putting God to the test ⁿby placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples ^othat neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11But we ^pbelieve that we will be ^qsaved through ^rthe grace of the Lord Jesus, ^sjust as they will.”

12And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul ^tas they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. 13After they finished speaking, ^uJames replied, “Brothers, listen to me. 14 ^vSimeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them ^wa people for his name. 15And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,

16 ^x“‘After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen;
I will rebuild its ruins,
and I will restore it,
17that the remnant ▼

▼Or rest

of mankind ^zmay seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles ^aawho are called by my name,
says the Lord, who makes these things 18 ^abknown from of old.’
19Therefore ^acmy judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who ^adturn to God, 20but should write to them ^aeto abstain from ^afthe things polluted by idols, and from ^agsexual immorality, and from ^ahwhat has been strangled, and from ^aiblood. 21For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, ^ajfor he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

22Then it seemed good to ^akthe apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called ^alBarsabbas, and ^amSilas, leading men among ^anthe brothers, 23with the following letter: ^ao“The brothers, both ^apthe apostles and the elders, to the brothers ▼

▼Or  brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36

who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, ^argreetings. 24Since we have heard that ^assome persons have gone out from us and ^attroubled you ▼

▼Some manuscripts  some persons from us have troubled you

with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, 25it has seemed good to us, having come ^avto one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our ^awbeloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 ^axmen who have ^ayrisked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27We have therefore sent ^azJudas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28For it has seemed good ^bato the Holy Spirit and ^bbto us ^bcto lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 ^bdthat you abstain from ^bewhat has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 ^bfI have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^bgnot at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^bheven though I am nothing.

Galatians 2:10

10Only, they asked us to remember the poor, ^bithe very thing I was eager to do.