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Acts 15:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Therefore, in my judgement, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

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For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision #– #and ours #– #not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements:


for they themselves report  what kind of reception  we had from you: how you turned  to God from idols  to serve the living  and true  God


Since we have heard that some without our authorisation went out from us  and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,  ,


Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.


Take words of repentance with you and return to the  Lord. Say to him, ‘Forgive all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may repay you with praise  from our   lips.


Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the  Lord, so that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.


This matter arose because some false brothers  had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.


Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks  that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?


But they have been informed about you #– #that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.


With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that  they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.’





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