Acts 15:1–11

^*And ^acertain men which came down from Judaea taught ^bthe brethren, and said, ^cExcept ye be circumcised ^dafter the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. ^2*When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and ^edisputation with them, they determined that ^fPaul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should ^ggo up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and ^helders about this question. ³And ⁱbeing brought on their way by the church, they passed through ^kPhenice and ^lSamaria, ^mdeclaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all ^bthe brethren. ⁴And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were ⁿreceived of the church, and of the apostles and ^helders, and they ^odeclared all things that God had done with them. ⁵But there ^||rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, ^cThat it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

⁶And the apostles and ^helders came together for to consider of this matter. ⁷And when there had been much ^edisputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that ^pa good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. ⁸And God, ^qwhich knoweth the hearts, ^rbare them witness, ^sgiving them the Holy Ghost, ^teven as he did unto us; ⁹And ^uput no difference between us and them, ^xpurifying their hearts ^yby faith. ¹⁰Now therefore why ^ztempt ye God, ^ato put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? ¹¹But we believe that ^bthrough the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.