The Jerusalem Council

15 ^(A)But some men came down from Judea and were teaching ^(B)the brothers, “Unless you are ^(C)circumcised ^(D)according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

⁵ But some believers who belonged to ^(A)the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, ^(B)“It is necessary ^(C)to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

⁷ And after there had been much ^(A)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, ^(B)that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear ^(C)the word of ^(D)the gospel and believe.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, why ^(A)are you putting God to the test ^(B)by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples ^(C)that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? ¹¹ But we ^(D)believe that we will be ^(E)saved through ^(F)the grace of the Lord Jesus, ^(G)just as they will.”

¹⁹ Therefore ^(A)my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who ^(B)turn to God, ²⁰ but should write to them ^(C)to abstain from ^(D)the things polluted by idols, and from ^(E)sexual immorality, and from ^(F)what has been strangled, and from ^(G)blood.