Acts 14~15

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Acts 14

1. At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of jews and Gentioes believed.
2. But the jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds agaisnt the brothers.
3. So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for te Lord, who confirmed the message  of his grace by enabling them to do miraculouw signs and wonders.
4. There was a plot afoot among the apostles.
5. There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and jews, togehther with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
6. But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to teh surrounding country,
7. where they continued to preach the good news.
8. In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
9. He listened to Paul as he was speaking, Paul to be healed.
10. and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.
11. When the crowd saw what Paul had dome, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,"The gods have com down to us in human form!"
12. Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker
13. The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and thec rowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14. But when the apostles Barnabas and Pau heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into thec rowd, shouting,
15. "Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, buman like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the kiving God. who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
16. In the past, he let all nations go tehir own way,
17. Yet he has not left himself without testominy; He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in tehir seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy,"
18. Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping thec rowd from sancrificing to them.
19. Then some Jews came from Antioch and Icom=nium and won the crowd over, They stoned Paul and dragged him outside thec ity, thinking he was dead.
20. But after  the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city, The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe,
21. They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of duscuoles, Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,
22. strengthening the disciples and encoutaging them to remain true to thef aith,"We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.
23. Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them ine ach Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
24. After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,
25. and when they had pteached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26. From Attlia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
27. On arriving there, they gathered thec hurch together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
28. And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.

Acts 15

1.  Some menc ame down from judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers;"Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved,"
2. This borught 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 to see teh apostles and elders about this question,
3. The church sent them on tehir way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had beeb converted. This news made all the brothers very glad.
4. When they came to jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported evertging God had done through them.
5. Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said,"The Gentiles must bec ircumcised and required to obey the law of Moses,"
6. The apostles and elders met toc onsider this question,
7. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them,"Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
8. God who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving gthe Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.
9. He made no distinction between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.
10. Now then, why do you try tot est God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have beeb able to bear?
11. No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are,"
12. The whole assemnly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telkling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
13. When they finished, James spoke up; Brothers, listen to me.
14. Simon has described by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.
15. The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16. "After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent, its ruims I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
17. that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name; says the Lord, who does these things.
18. that have been known for ages.
19. "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make if difficult f to idolsor the Gentiles who are turning to God.
20. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
21. For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."
22. Then teh apostles and elders, with the whole church,d ecided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Narnabas. They chose Judas(alled Barnabas ) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers.
23. With them theys ent the following letter. The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia; Greetings.
24. We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturned you, troubling your minds by what they said.
25. So we all agreed to choose some men ans send them to you withj our dear friends Barnabas and Paul-
26. men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27. Therefore we are sending Judas  and Silas to confirm‎ by word of mouth waht we are writing
28. It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements.
29. You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality, You will do well to avoid these things, Farewell.
30. The men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where theyg athered tehc hurch together andd elivered the letter.
31. The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.
32. Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets ,said much to encourage ands trengthen the brothers.
33. After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them,
34. But Paul and Barnabas who had sent them.
35. But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
36. Some time later Paul said to Barnabas ,"Let us go abck and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing."
37. Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them,
38. but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had diserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.
39. They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, Barbabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
40. but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
41. He went through Syria and Cilicia strengthening the churches.

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