Hechos 15
La Biblia de las Américas
El problema de los judaizantes
15 Y algunos descendieron de Judea y enseñaban a los hermanos(A): Si no os circuncidáis(B) conforme al rito de Moisés(C), no podéis ser salvos(D). 2 Como Pablo y Bernabé tuvieran gran[a] disensión y debate(E) con ellos, los hermanos determinaron[b] que Pablo y Bernabé, y algunos otros de ellos subieran a Jerusalén(F) a los apóstoles y a los ancianos(G) para tratar esta cuestión. 3 Así que, siendo enviados por la iglesia(H), pasaron por Fenicia(I) y Samaria, relatando detalladamente la conversión de los gentiles(J), y causaban gran gozo a todos los hermanos(K). 4 Cuando llegaron a Jerusalén, fueron recibidos por la iglesia, los apóstoles y los ancianos(L), e informaron de todo lo que Dios había hecho con ellos(M). 5 Pero algunos de la secta(N) de los fariseos(O) que habían creído, se levantaron diciendo: Es necesario circuncidarlos(P) y mandarles que guarden la ley de Moisés.
El concilio de Jerusalén
6 Entonces los apóstoles y los ancianos(Q) se reunieron para considerar[c] este asunto[d]. 7 Y después de mucho debate(R), Pedro se levantó y les dijo: Hermanos[e], vosotros sabéis que en los primeros días[f] Dios escogió de entre vosotros que por mi boca los gentiles oyeran la palabra del evangelio(S) y creyeran(T). 8 Y Dios, que conoce el corazón(U), les dio testimonio dándoles el Espíritu Santo, así como también nos lo dio a nosotros(V); 9 y ninguna distinción hizo entre nosotros y ellos(W), purificando por la fe sus corazones(X). 10 Ahora pues, ¿por qué tentáis a Dios(Y) poniendo sobre el cuello de los discípulos un yugo que ni nuestros padres ni nosotros hemos podido llevar(Z)? 11 Creemos más bien que somos salvos por la gracia del Señor Jesús(AA), de la misma manera que ellos también lo son.
12 Toda la multitud hizo silencio, y escuchaban a Bernabé y a Pablo, que relataban las señales[g] y prodigios(AB) que Dios había hecho entre los gentiles por medio de ellos(AC). 13 Cuando terminaron de hablar, Jacobo[h](AD) respondió, diciendo: Escuchadme, hermanos. 14 Simón[i](AE) ha relatado cómo Dios al principio tuvo a bien[j] tomar de entre los gentiles un pueblo para su nombre. 15 Y con esto concuerdan las palabras de los profetas(AF), tal como está escrito:
16 (AG)Después de esto volveré(AH),
y reedificaré el tabernáculo[k] de David que ha caído.
Y reedificaré sus ruinas,
y lo levantaré de nuevo,
17 para que el resto de los hombres busque al Señor(AI),
y todos los gentiles[l] que son llamados por mi nombre[m](AJ),
18 dice el Señor(AK), que hace saber todo esto[n] desde tiempos antiguos(AL).
19 Por tanto, yo opino que no molestemos(AM) a los que de entre los gentiles se convierten a Dios, 20 sino que les escribamos que se abstengan de cosas contaminadas[o] por los ídolos(AN), de fornicación, de lo estrangulado y de sangre(AO). 21 Porque Moisés desde generaciones antiguas tiene en cada ciudad quienes lo prediquen, pues todos los días de reposo es leído(AP) en las sinagogas.
La carta del concilio a los gentiles
22 Entonces pareció bien a los apóstoles y a los ancianos(AQ), con toda la iglesia, escoger de entre ellos algunos hombres para enviarlos a Antioquía(AR) con Pablo y Bernabé: a Judas, llamado Barsabás, y a Silas(AS), hombres prominentes entre los hermanos(AT), 23 y enviaron esta carta con ellos[p]:
Los apóstoles, y los hermanos que son ancianos[q](AU), a los hermanos(AV) en Antioquía(AW), Siria(AX) y Cilicia(AY) que son de los gentiles, saludos(AZ).
24 Puesto que hemos oído que algunos de entre nosotros, a quienes no autorizamos, os han inquietado(BA) con sus palabras(BB), perturbando vuestras almas, 25 nos pareció bien(BC), habiendo llegado a un común acuerdo[r], escoger algunos hombres para enviarlos a vosotros con nuestros amados Bernabé y Pablo, 26 hombres que han arriesgado[s] su vida(BD) por el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. 27 Por tanto, hemos enviado a Judas y a Silas(BE), quienes también os informarán las mismas cosas verbalmente[t]. 28 Porque pareció bien(BF) al Espíritu Santo(BG) y a nosotros(BH) no imponeros mayor carga que estas cosas esenciales: 29 que os abstengáis de cosas sacrificadas a los ídolos, de sangre, de lo estrangulado y de fornicación(BI). Si os guardáis de tales cosas[u], bien haréis. Pasadlo bien.
Judas y Silas en Antioquía
30 Así que ellos, después de ser despedidos, descendieron a Antioquía(BJ); y reuniendo a la congregación[v], entregaron la carta; 31 y cuando la leyeron, se regocijaron por el consuelo[w] que les impartía. 32 Siendo Judas y Silas(BK) también profetas(BL), exhortaron y confortaron a los hermanos(BM) con un largo mensaje. 33 Y después de pasar allí algún tiempo, fueron despedidos en paz(BN) por los hermanos para volver a aquellos que los habían enviado(BO). 34 [x]Pero a Silas le pareció bien quedarse allí. 35 Mas Pablo y Bernabé(BP) se quedaron en Antioquía, enseñando y predicando con muchos otros, la[y] palabra(BQ) del Señor(BR).
Pablo y Bernabé se separan
36 Después de algunos días Pablo dijo a Bernabé: Volvamos y visitemos a los hermanos en todas las ciudades(BS) donde hemos proclamado la palabra del Señor(BT), para ver cómo están. 37 Bernabé quería llevar también con ellos a Juan, llamado Marcos(BU), 38 pero Pablo consideraba que no debían llevar consigo a quien los había desertado en[z] Panfilia(BV) y no los había acompañado en[aa] la obra. 39 Se produjo un desacuerdo tan grande que se separaron el uno del otro, y Bernabé tomó consigo a Marcos(BW) y se embarcó rumbo a Chipre(BX). 40 Mas Pablo escogió a Silas(BY) y partió, siendo encomendado por los hermanos a la gracia del Señor(BZ). 41 Y viajaba por Siria(CA) y Cilicia(CB) confirmando a las iglesias.
Footnotes
- Hechos 15:2 Lit., no pequeña
- Hechos 15:2 Lit., se determinó
- Hechos 15:6 Lit., para ver sobre
- Hechos 15:6 Lit., esta palabra
- Hechos 15:7 Lit., Varones hermanos, y así en el vers. 13
- Hechos 15:7 Lit., desde los días antiguos
- Hechos 15:12 O, milagros
- Hechos 15:13 O, Santiago
- Hechos 15:14 O, Simeón
- Hechos 15:14 Lit., se interesó en
- Hechos 15:16 O, la tienda
- Hechos 15:17 O, todas las naciones
- Hechos 15:17 Lit., sobre quienes mi nombre es invocado
- Hechos 15:18 O, que hace estas cosas conocidas
- Hechos 15:20 Lit., las contaminaciones
- Hechos 15:23 Lit., escribieron por mano de ellos
- Hechos 15:23 O, presbíteros
- Hechos 15:25 O, habiéndonos reunido
- Hechos 15:26 Lit., entregado
- Hechos 15:27 Lit., de palabra
- Hechos 15:29 Lit., de los cuales absteniendo
- Hechos 15:30 O, multitud
- Hechos 15:31 O, la exhortación
- Hechos 15:34 Muchos mss. no incluyen el vers. 34
- Hechos 15:35 O, y anunciando las buenas nuevas...de la
- Hechos 15:38 Lit., desde
- Hechos 15:38 Lit., a
Acts 15
Christian Standard Bible
Dispute in Antioch
15 Some men(A) came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised(B) according to the custom prescribed by Moses,(C) you cannot be saved.” 2 After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.(D) 3 When they had been sent on their way by the church,(E) they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
4 When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.(F) 5 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.”
The Jerusalem Council
6 The apostles and the elders gathered to consider this matter. 7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,[a] that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.(G) 9 He made no distinction between us and them,(H) cleansing their hearts by faith.(I) 10 Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks(J) that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? 11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace(K) of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”
12 The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.(L) 13 After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me. 14 Simeon[b] has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.(M) 15 And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
16 After these things I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
I will rebuild its ruins
and set it up again,
17 so that the rest of humanity
may seek the Lord—
even all the Gentiles
who are called by my name—
declares the Lord
who makes these things 18 known from long ago.[c][d](N)
19 Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God, 20 but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality,(O) from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood. 21 For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”(P)
The Letter to the Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas,(Q) both leading men among the brothers. 23 They wrote:
“From the apostles and the elders, your brothers,
To the brothers and sisters among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:(R)
Greetings.
24 Since we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us(S) and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,[e](T) 25 we have unanimously(U) decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul, 26 who have risked their lives(V) for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision—and ours—not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements:(W) 29 that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.(X) You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things.
Farewell.”
The Outcome of the Jerusalem Letter
30 So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter. 31 When they read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. 32 Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.(Y) 33 After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace(Z) by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them.[f][g] 35 But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord.(AA)
Paul and Barnabas Part Company
36 After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town(AB) where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take along John who was called Mark. 38 But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark(AC) with him and sailed off to Cyprus. 40 But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord.(AD) 41 He traveled through Syria(AE) and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Footnotes
- 15:7 Other mss read us
- 15:14 Simon (Peter)
- 15:17–18 Other mss read says the Lord who does all these things. Known to God from long ago are all his works.
- 15:16–18 Am 9:11–12; Is 45:21
- 15:24 Other mss add by saying, ‘Be circumcised and keep the law,’
- 15:33 Other mss read the brothers to the apostles
- 15:33 Other mss add v. 34: But Silas decided to stay there.
Acts 15
King James Version
15 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
5 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.
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
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