¹⁸ On the following day Paul went in with us to ^(A)James, and all the elders were present.

¹⁹ But ^(A)I saw none of the other apostles except ^(B)James, the Lord’s brother.

⁹ and when James, ^[a]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be ^(A)pillars, perceived ^(B)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, ^(C)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

¹³ And after they had ^[a]become silent, ^(A)James answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me:

^30 (A)This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Greeting to the Twelve Tribes

1 James, ^(A)a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:

Greetings.

The Ephesian Elders Exhorted

¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.

²³ They wrote this letter by them:

The Jerusalem Council

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

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.