Acts 15:9-19

9 and ¹He made no distinction between us and them, ²cleansing their hearts by faith.

10 "Now therefore why do you ³put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which ⁴neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

11 "But we believe that we are saved through ⁵the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."

12 All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were ⁶relating what ⁷signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

James's Judgment

13 After they had stopped speaking, ⁸James answered, saying, "Brethren *, listen to me.

14 "⁹Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

15 "With this the words of ¹⁰the Prophets agree, just as it is written,

16 '¹¹AFTER THESE THINGS ¹²I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID WHICH HAS FALLEN, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT,

17 ¹³SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL THE GENTILES ¹⁴WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,'

18 ¹⁵SAYS THE LORD, WHO ¹⁶MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO.

19 "Therefore it is ¹⁷my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

Cross References

• 1. Acts 10:28, 34; Acts 11:12
• 2. Acts 10:43
• 3. Acts 5:9
• 4. Matthew 23:4; Galatians 5:1
• 5. Romans 3:24; Romans 5:15; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 2:5-8
• 6. Acts 14:27; Acts 15:3, 4
• 7. John 4:48
• 8. Acts 12:17
• 9. Acts 15:7; 2 Peter 1:1
• 10. Acts 13:40
• 11. Amos 9:11
• 12. Jeremiah 12:15
• 13. Amos 9:12
• 14. Deuteronomy 28:10; Isaiah 63:19; Jeremiah 14:9; Daniel 9:19; James 2:7
• 15. Amos 9:12
• 16. Isaiah 45:21
• 17. Acts 15:28; Acts 21:25

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Jacob"
• [b] Or "tent"
• [c] Gr "anthropoi"
• [d] Lit "upon whom My name is called"
• [e] Or "does these things" which were "known"