Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the exhortation.
And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Now therefore why test God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and strengthened them.
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
