^15:5But some from the religious party of the Pharisees¹⁴ who had believed stood up and said, “It is necessary¹⁵ to circumcise the Gentiles¹⁶ and to order them to observe¹⁷ the law of Moses.”

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Footnotes

14 See the note on Pharisee in .
15 The Greek word used here (δεῖ, dei) is a strong term that expresses divine necessity. The claim is that God commanded the circumcision of Gentiles.
16 Grk “them”; the referent (the Gentiles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 Or “keep.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But some of those who had believed from the party of the Pharisees stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to observe the law of Moses!”

KJV 1900King James Version

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

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