Acts 15:14-26
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14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
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15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
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16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
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17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
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18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
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19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
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20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
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21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
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22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
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23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
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24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
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25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.