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Acts 15:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

But some Pharisees had become followers of the Lord. They stood up and said, “Gentiles who have faith in the Lord must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses.”

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Some people came from Judea and started teaching the Lord's followers that they could not be saved, unless they were circumcised as Moses had taught.

Everyone who heard this praised God and said to Paul: My friend, you can see how many tens of thousands of our people have become followers! And all of them are eager to obey the Law of Moses.

We have heard that some people from here have terribly upset you by what they said. But we did not send them!

This man has been found to be a real pest and troublemaker for our people all over the world. He is also a leader of a group called Nazarenes.

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

The high priest and all the other Sadducees who were with him became jealous.

I admit that their leaders think the Lord's Way which I follow is based on wrong beliefs. But I still worship the same God that my ancestors worshiped. And I believe everything written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets.

But we would like to hear what you have to say. We understand that people everywhere are against this new group.”

If you are already circumcised, don't try to change it. If you are not circumcised, don't get circumcised.

When Peter came to Antioch, I told him face to face that he was wrong.

But when I saw they were not really obeying the truth that is in the good news, I corrected Peter in front of everyone and said: Peter, you are a Jew, but you live like a Gentile. So how can you force Gentiles to live like Jews?




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