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Acts 21:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

Paul went with us to see James the next day, and all the church leaders were present.

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The only other apostle I saw was James, the Lord's brother.

James, Peter, and John realized that God had given me the message about his gift of undeserved grace. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews.

After they had finished speaking, James said: My friends, listen to me!

So they appointed Barnabas and Saul to take their gifts to the church leaders in Jerusalem.

From James, a servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes scattered all over the world.

From Miletus, Paul sent a message for the church leaders at Ephesus to come and meet with him.

They wrote a letter that said: We apostles and leaders send friendly greetings to all of you Gentiles who are followers of the Lord in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

The apostles and church leaders met to discuss this problem about Gentiles.

This caused trouble, and Paul and Barnabas argued with them about this teaching. So it was decided to send Paul and Barnabas and a few others to Jerusalem to discuss this problem with the apostles and the church leaders.

Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, “Tell James and the others what has happened.” After that, he left and went somewhere else.

The first of the twelve apostles was Simon, better known as Peter. His brother Andrew was an apostle, and so were James and John, the two sons of Zebedee.

It was no more than twelve days ago that I went to worship in Jerusalem. You can find this out easily enough.




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