Acts 14:19-15:5

English Standard Version

Paul Stoned at Lystra

¹⁹^(A)But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^(B)they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. ²⁰But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. ²¹When they had preached the gospel to that city and had ^(C)made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, ²²^(D)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^(E)to continue in ^(F)the faith, and saying that ^(G)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. ²³And when they had ^(H)appointed ^(I)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^(J)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

²⁴Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. ²⁵And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, ²⁶and from there they sailed to Antioch, ^(K)where they had been ^(L)commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. ²⁷And when they arrived and gathered the church together, ^(M)they declared all that God had done with them, and ^(N)how he had ^(O)opened ^(P)a door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they remained no little time with the disciples.

The Jerusalem Council

15 ^(Q)But some men came down from Judea and were teaching ^(R)the brothers, “Unless you are ^(S)circumcised ^(T)according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” ²And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and ^(U)debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and ^(V)some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to ^(W)the apostles and the elders about this question. ³So, ^(X)being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, ^(Y)describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and ^(Z)brought great joy to all ^(AA)the brothers.^[a] ⁴^(AB)When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and ^(AC)the apostles and the elders, and ^(AD)they declared all that God had done with them. ⁵But some believers who belonged to ^(AE)the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, ^(AF)“It is necessary ^(AG)to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”