Acts 21:17-26
Paul Visits James
17When we had come to Jerusalem, athe brothers received us gladly. 18On the following day Paul went in with us to bJames, and all cthe elders were present. 19After greeting them, dhe related one by one ethe things that God had done among the Gentiles through his fministry. 20And when they heard it, they gglorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all hzealous for the law, 21and they have been told about you that you teach all ithe Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, jtelling them knot to circumcise their children or lwalk according to mour customs. 22What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. 23Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men nwho are under a vow; 24take these men and opurify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, pso that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law. 25But as for the Gentiles who have believed, qwe have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit and from what has been strangled
and from sexual immorality.” 26Then Paul took the men, and the next day she purified himself along with them and twent into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and uthe offering presented for each one of them.
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