Acts 15:1-5

Expanded Bible

The Meeting in Jerusalem

15 Then some people came to Antioch from Judea and began teaching the Gentile believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)]: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised ·as Moses taught us [^Laccording to the custom of Moses; compare Gen. 17:9–14].” ² Paul and Barnabas ·were against this teaching and argued [^Lhad no small argument and debate] with them about it. So the church ·decided to send [commissioned; appointed] Paul, Barnabas, and some others to Jerusalem where they could talk more about this disagreement with the apostles and elders.

³ The church ·helped them leave [sent them] on the trip, and they went through the countries of Phoenicia and Samaria, telling all about ·how the other nations had turned to God [^Lthe conversion of the Gentiles]. This made all the ·believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)] very ·happy [joyful]. ⁴ When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the apostles, the elders, and the church. They told about everything God had done with them. ⁵ But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisee ·group [sect; party; faction] ·came forward [^Lstood up] and said, “·The Gentile believers [^LThey] must be circumcised. They must be ·told to obey [ordered to keep] the law of Moses.”