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Andafter they had heldtheirpeace, Jamesanswered, saying, Men and brethren,hearken unto me:
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Simeon hath declaredhowGod at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a peopleforhisname.
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And to thisagree the words of the prophets;as it is written,
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Afterthis I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David,which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruinsthereof,and I will setitup:
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Thattheresidue of men might seek after the Lord,andall the Gentiles,uponwhommyname is called*, saith the Lord,whodoethall these things.
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Known unto Godareallhisworksfrom the beginning of the world.
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Whereforemy sentence is, that we troublenot them, which from among the Gentiles are turnedtoGod:
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But that we write unto them, that they abstainfrompollutions of idols,and from fornication,and from things strangled,and from blood.
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ForMosesofoldtimehath in everycity them that preachhim, being readin the synagogueseverysabbathday.