⁷ And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: ^(A)“Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

⁷ But on the contrary, ^(A)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised ^(B)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter ⁸ (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the ^(C)circumcised ^(D)also ^(E)worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), ⁹ and when James, ^[a]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be ^(F)pillars, perceived ^(G)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, ^(H)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

¹⁷ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

¹⁸ But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:

² Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that ^(A)Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

⁴ However the Lord God of Israel ^(A)chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen ^(B)Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, ^(C)the house of my father, and ^(D)among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel. ^5 (E)And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) ^(F)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.