WhenthereforePaul and Barnabas had no smalldissension and disputationwiththem, theydeterminedthatPaul and Barnabas, and certainother of them, should go up to Jerusalemunto the apostles and eldersaboutthisquestion.
And beingbrought on their way by the church, theypassedthroughPhenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and theycausedgreat joy unto all the brethren.
And whentheywerecome to Jerusalem, theywerereceived of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and theydeclared all thingsthat God had donewiththem.
But thererose up certain of the sect of the Phariseeswhichbelieved, saying, That it was needful to circumcisethem, and to commandthem to keep the law of Moses.
And whenthere had beenmuchdisputing, Peterrose up, and saiduntothem, Men and brethren, ye know how that a goodwhile ago God madechoiceamong us, that the Gentiles by my mouthshouldhear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Thenpleased it the apostles and elders, with the wholechurch, to sendchosen men of their own company to AntiochwithPaul and Barnabas; namely, JudassurnamedBarsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
And theywroteletters by themafterthismanner; The apostles and elders and brethrensendgreetingunto the brethrenwhich are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Forasmuch as we haveheard, thatcertainwhichwent out from us havetroubled you withwords, subvertingyoursouls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no suchcommandment:
That ye abstainfrommeatsoffered to idols, and fromblood, and fromthingsstrangled, and fromfornication: fromwhich if ye keepyourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
And somedaysafterPaulsaiduntoBarnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in everycitywhere we havepreached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.