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 And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God had done with them.

The Jerusalem Council

⁶ Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.

The Jerusalem Decree

²² Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named ^(A)Barsabas,^[a] and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

²³ They wrote this letter by them:

²⁴ Not ^(A)that we ^[a]have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for ^(B)by faith you stand.

Love for God and One Another

4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but ^(A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because ^(B)many false prophets have gone out into the world.