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Decisión de los apóstoles y los ancianos

15 Por aquel tiempo, algunos que habían ido de Judea a Antioquía comenzaron a enseñar a los hermanos que no podían salvarse si no se sometían al rito de la circuncisión, conforme a la práctica establecida por Moisés. Pablo y Bernabé tuvieron una fuerte discusión con ellos, y por fin Pablo, Bernabé y algunos otros fueron nombrados para ir a Jerusalén a tratar este asunto con los apóstoles y ancianos de la iglesia de aquella ciudad.

Enviados, pues, por los de la iglesia de Antioquía, al pasar por las regiones de Fenicia y Samaria contaron cómo los no judíos habían dejado sus antiguas creencias para seguir a Dios. Y todos los hermanos se alegraron mucho con estas noticias.

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15 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

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The Council at Jerusalem

15 Certain people(A) came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:(B) “Unless you are circumcised,(C) according to the custom taught by Moses,(D) you cannot be saved.” This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem(E) to see the apostles and elders(F) about this question. The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia(G) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.(H) This news made all the believers very glad.

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