6. . Brotherly Support

14:19-28

Iconium Jews

desire for leadership

14:19 Came upon And from Antioch and Iconium Jews, and persuading the crowds and stoning Paul dragged outside the city, supposing him to have died. 20 But surrounding the disciples him rising up he entered into the city. And on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 And evangelising that city and having made disciples many they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. 22 confirming the minds of the disciples, exhorting to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions it behoves us to enter into the Kingdom of God. 23 And having appointed

for them in every church elders, praying with fastings they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. 24 And passing through Pisidis they came to Pamphylia, 25 and speaking in Perga the word they came down to Attalia, and thence sailed away to Antioch. 26 whence they were having been commended to the grace of God for the work which they accomplished. 27 And having arrived and assembling the church, they reported what things did God with them, and that he opened to the nations a door of faith. 28 And they continued time not a little with the disciples.

7. . Salvation through spiritual strength

15:1-29

Some of Pharisee sect

Sect control

15:1 And some going down from Judaea taught the brothers. Unless ye are circumcised by the custom of Moses, ye cannot to be saved. 2 And taking place discord and questioning not a little by Paul and Barnabas with them, they assigned to go up Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this question. 3 They therefore being set forward by the church passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling in detail the conversion of the nations, and caused joy great to all the brothers. 4 And having arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed from the church and the apostles and the elders, and reported what things God did with them. 5 But stood forth some of the ones from the sect of the Pharisees having believed, saying. It behoves to circumcise them and to charge to keep the law of Moses. 6 And were assembled the apostles and the elders to be about this matter. 7 And much questioning having taken place rising up Peter said to them: Men brothers, ye understand that from days olden among you chose God through the mouth of me to hear the nations the word of the gospel and to believe. 8

And the Heart-knower God witnessed to them giving the Spirit Holy as also to us. 9 and nothing distinguished between us both and them, by faith cleansing the hearts of them. 10 Now therefore why test ye God, to put on a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither the fathers of us nor we were able to bear? 11 but through the grace of the Lord Jesus we believe to be saved in the same way as those also. 12 And was silent all the multitude, and heard Barnabas and Paul relating what did God signs and wonders among the nations through them. 13 And after they kept silence them answered James saying: 4 Men brothers, hear ye me, Simeon declared even as firstly God visited to take out of the nations a people for the name of him. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets, even as it has been written: 16 After these things I will return and I will rebuild the tent of David having fallen, and the things having been overturned of it I will rebuild and I will rear again it. 17 so as may seek the rest of men the Lord even all the nations on whom has been invoked the name of me on them, says the Lord doing these things. 18 known from Continued Next Page