tioch; (22)confirming the souls of the
disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must
through much affliction enter into the kingdom of God.

(23)And having appointed for them elders in every church, they
commended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they
believed. (24)And after passing through Pisidia, they came to
Pamphylia. (25)And having spoken the word in Perga, they went down to
Attalia; (26)and thence they sailed away to Antioch, from whence they
had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they
accomplished.

(27)And having come, and gathered the church together, they reported
how great things God wrought with them, and that he opened to the
Gentiles a door of faith. (28)And they spent no little time with the
disciples.

XV.

AND certain men, coming down from Judaea, taught the brethren: Except
ye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye can not be saved.
(2)Paul and Barnabas having therefore had no little dissension and
discussion with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and
certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and
elders, about this question.

(3)They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed
through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the
Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren. (4)And having
come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the
apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought
with them. (5)But there arose some of those from the sect of the
Pharisees who believed, saying: It is necessary to circumcise them,
and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

(6)And the apostles and the elders came together to consider this
matter. (7)And when there had been much discussion, Peter arose, and
said to them: Men, brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made
choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of
the glad tidings and believe. (8)And God who knows the heart bore them
witness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, as also to us; (9)and made no
difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

(10)Now therefore why do ye tempt God, by putting a yoke upon the neck
of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
(11)But, through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe that we shall
be saved, in the same manner as they also.

(12)And all the multitude beca