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Acts 15:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, ‘It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.’

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Some men  came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised  according to the custom prescribed by Moses,  you cannot be saved.’


When they heard it, they glorified God and said, ‘You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous  for the law.


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


For we have found this man to be a plague,  an agitator  among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.


When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees  coming to his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?


Then the high priest rose up. He and all who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.


But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way,  which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.


But we want to hear what your views are, since we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.’


Was anyone already circumcised when he was called? He should not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? He should not be circumcised.


But when Cephas  came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.


But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas  in front of everyone, ‘If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile  and not like a Jew,  how can you compel Gentiles to live  like Jews? ’





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