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Acts 15:6

James Moffatt - New Testament

The apostles and the presbyters met to investigate this question,

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Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief — which would be a loss to yourselves.

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you; look back upon the close of their career, and copy their faith.

we have decided unanimously to select some of our number and send them to you along with our beloved Paul and Barnabas

Next day we accompanied Paul to James; all the presbyters were present,

On arriving at Jerusalem they were received by the church, the apostles and the presbyters, and they reported how God had been with them and what he had done.

So the twelve summoned the main body of the disciples and said: "It is not desirable that we should drop preaching the word of God and attend to meals.

For where two or three have gathered in my name, I am there among them."

This they carried out, sending their contribution to the presbyters by Barnabas and Saul.

As a sharp dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas, along with some others of their number, should go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem about this question.

Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

As they travelled on from town to town, they handed over to the people the resolutions which the apostles and the presbyters in Jerusalem had decided were to be obeyed;




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