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Acts 15:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas,  both leading men among the brothers.

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Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.


But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord.


Through Silvanus,  , a faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly in order to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!


Paul, Silvanus,  , and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians  in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


Paul, Silvanus,  , and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians  in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.


When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself to preaching the word  and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.


Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.


So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.


Then the brothers and sisters immediately sent Paul away to go to the coast, but Silas and Timothy  stayed on there.


As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea.  Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.


Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.


The jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.


About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.


When her owners realised that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas  and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.


we have unanimously  decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,


They wrote: ‘From the apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers and sisters among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.


News about them reached  the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel  as far as Antioch.


When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.


Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them  to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.


The proposal pleased the king and the congregation,


All the people took note of this, and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.


Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,  speaking the word to no one except Jews.


But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks  also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.


In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.


When they had been sent on their way by the church,  they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.


So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.


For the Son of God,  Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you #– #Silvanus,  , Timothy, and I #– #did not become ‘Yes and no’. On the contrary, in him it is always ‘Yes’.





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