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15 And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brothers that “Unless you are circumcised by the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved”. And no small dispute and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them having taken place, they[a] appointed[b] Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue. So indeed the ones, having been sent-forward by the church, were going through both Phoenicia and Samaria describing-in-detail the conversion[c] of the Gentiles. And they were producing great joy in all the brothers. And having arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders. And they reported all-that God did with them. But some of the ones from the sect of the Pharisees having believed[d] stood-up-out-of the assembly, saying that “It-is-necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses”.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:2 That is, the brothers in Antioch, v 1.
  2. Acts 15:2 Or, assigned.
  3. Acts 15:3 Or, turning.
  4. Acts 15:5 That is, some believers who were formerly Pharisees.

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