Act 15:7, 13, 22-29 | ESV | STEP | And after there had been much debate , Peter stood up and said to them , Brothers , you know that in the early days God made a choice among you , that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe .

j[See ver. 22 above]

k[See ver. 22 above]

m ch. 23:26; James 1:1; [2 John 10, 11]

n ver. 1; [Gal. 2:4; 5:12; Titus 1:10]

o Gal. 1:7; 5:10

qSee ch. 1:14

r[2 Pet. 3:15]

s ch. 9:23-25; 14:19

t[ch. 20:24; 21:13; 2 Cor. 4:11; 1 John 3:16]

u ver. 22, 32

v[ver. 8; ch. 5:32; John 16:13; 1 Cor. 7:40]

w[ver. 19]

x[ver. 10; Rev. 2:24]

ySee ver. 20

z ch. 21:25; 1 Cor. 8:1, 4, 7, 10; 10:19; Rev. 2:14, 20

Acts 15:7

7 And after there had been much ^adebate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, ^bthat by my mouth the Gentiles should hear ^cthe word of ^dthe gospel and believe.

Acts 15:13

13 After they finished speaking, ^eJames replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

Acts 15:22-29

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

22 Then it seemed good to ^fthe 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 ^gBarsabbas, and ^hSilas, leading men among ⁱthe brothers, 23 with the following letter: ^j“The brothers, both ^kthe 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, ^mgreetings. 24 Since we have heard that ⁿsome persons have gone out from us and ^otroubled you ^{▼▼Some manuscripts some persons from us have troubled you} with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, 25 it has seemed good to us, having come ^qto one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our ^rbeloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 ^smen who have ^trisked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have therefore sent ^uJudas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it has seemed good ^vto the Holy Spirit and ^wto us ^xto lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 ^ythat you abstain from ^zwhat 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.”