Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 15 : 13 - 21
Chapter 15
| 13 | And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, "Men and brethren, listen to me:
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| 14 | Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.
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| 15 | And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:
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| 16 | 'After this I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up;
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| 17 | So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD. Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says the LORD who does all these things.'
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| 18 | "Known to God from eternity are all His works.
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| 19 | Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
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| 20 | but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.
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| 21 | For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
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The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
