Hi, and welcome again
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer.
We'll be reading today from
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The King James Version, the book
Acts. We're reading about the
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the work of the disciples as
they began to build and grow the
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early church. Before we begin
to read, let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you for these
stories of how your disciples
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went out in faith and how
they encouraged each other,
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how they served each other. Help
us to learn from that and to
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be, like them, followers of
You, the servants of each other.
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Strengthen our
faith. We love You. Amen.
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We're reading today
from the King James Version.
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The book of Acts, chapter 13,
and we'll begin with verse 24.
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The people have come together
and Paul is preaching to them
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the history of Saul and David,
and how they lived with the
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man after God's own heart and
through his line was born Jesus,
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the Savior. And Paul
continues, beginning verse 24.
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When John had first preached
before his coming the baptism
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of repentance to all the people
of Israel. And as John fulfilled
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his course, he said, Whom
think ye that I am? I am not he.
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But, behold, there cometh one
after me whose shoes of his feet
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I am not worthy to loose. Men
and brethren, children of the
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stock of Abraham, and
whosoever among you feareth God,
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to you is the word of this
salvation sent. For they that
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dwell at Jerusalem, and their
rulers, because they knew him
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not, nor yet the voices of the
prophets which are read every
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Sabbath day, they have
fulfilled them in condemning
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him. And though they
found no cause of death in him,
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yet desired they Pilate
that he should be slain.
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And when they had fulfilled
all that was written of him,
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they took him down from the
tree and laid him in a sepulcher
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but God raised him from the
dead: and he was seen many days
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of them which came up with
him from Galilee to Jerusalem,
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who are his witnesses unto the
people. And we declare unto you
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glad tidings, how that
the promise which was made
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unto the fathers, God
hath fulfilled the same unto us
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their children, in that he
hath raised up Jesus again;
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as it is also written in the
second psalm, Thou art my Son,
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this day have I begotten thee.
And as concerning that he raised
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him up from the dead... now
no more to return to corruption,
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he said on this wise, I
will give you the sure mercies
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of David. Wherefore he
saith also in another psalm,
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Thou shalt not suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
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For David, after he had served
his own generation by the will
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of God, fell on sleep,
and was laid unto his fathers,
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and saw corruption: But
he, whom God raised again,
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saw no corrupti0on. Be it known
unto you therefore, men and
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brethren, that through
this man is preached unto you
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the forgiveness of sins.
And by him all that believe
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are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be
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justified by the law of Moses.
Beware therefore, lest that come
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upon you, which is spoken
of in the prophets; Behold,
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ye despisers, and wonder,
and perish: for I work a work
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in your days, a work which
ye shall in no wise believe,
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though a man declare it
unto you. And when the Jews were
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gone out of the synagogue,
the Gentiles besought that these
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words might be preached
to them the next Sabbath.
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Now when the congregation
was broken up, many of the Jews
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and religious proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas:
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who speaking to them, persuaded
them to continue in the grace
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of God. And the next Sabbath
day came almost the whole city
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together to hear the word of
God. But when the Jews saw the
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multitudes, they were filled
with envy, and spake against
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those things which were
spoken by Paul, contradicting
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and blaspheming. Then Paul and
Barnabas waxed bold, and said,
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it was necessary that the word
of God should first have been
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spoken to you: but seeing
ye put it from you and judge
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yourselves unworthy of
everlasting life, lo, we turn
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to the Gentiles. For so hath
the Lord commanded us, saying,
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I have set thee to be a
light of the Gentiles, that thou
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shouldest be for salvation
unto the ends of the earth.
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And when the Gentiles heard this
they were glad, and gloriified
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the word of the Lord: and as
many as were ordained to eternal
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life believed. And the
word of the Lord was published
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throughout all the region. But
the Jews stirred up the devout
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and honorable women, and
the chief men of the city,
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and raised persecution against
Paul and Barnabas, and expelled
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them out of their coasts.
But they shook off the dust of
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their feet against
them, and came unto Iconium.
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And the disciples
were filled with joy,
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and with the Holy Ghost.
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We're reading from
the King James Version,
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of the bible and
we're in the book of Acts,
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beginning chapter
14. And it came to pass
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in Iconium, that they went
both together into the synagogue
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of the Jews and so spake, that
a great multitude both of the
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Jews and also of
the Greeks believed.
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But the unbelieving
Jews stirred up the Gentiles,
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and made their minds evil
affected against the brethren.
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Longtime therefore abode they
speaking boldly in the Lord,
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which gave testimony unto the
word of his grace, and granted
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signs and wonders to be done by
their hands. But the multitude
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of the city was divided:
and part held with the Jews,
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and part with the apostles. And
when there was an assault made
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both of the Gentiles, and also
of the Jews with their rulers,
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to use them despitefully, and to
stone them, they were ware of it
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and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,
cities of Lycaonia, and unto the
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region that lieth round
about: And there they preached
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the gospel. And there
sat a certain man at Lystra,
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impotent in his feet, being a
cripple from his mother's womb,
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who never had walked, the
same heard Paul speak: who
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steadfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had faith to
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be healed. said with a
loud voice, Stand upright on thy
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feet. And he leaped and walked.
And when the people saw what
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Paul had done, they lifted
up their voices, saying in the
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speech of Lycaonia, The gods are
come down to us in the likeness
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of men. And they called Barnabas
Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
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because he was the
chief speaker. Then the priest
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of Jupiter, which was before
their city, brought oxen and
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garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice
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with the people. Which when
the apostles, Barnabas and Paul,
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heard of, they rent
their clothes, and ran in among
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the people, crying out, and
saying, Sirs, why do ye these
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things? We also are men of like
passions with you, and preach
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unto you that ye should turn
from these vanities unto the
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living God, which made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and all
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things that are therein: who in
times past suffered all nations
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to walk in their own ways.
Nevertheless he left not himself
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without witness, in that he
did good, and gave us rain from
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heaven, and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food
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and gladness. And with these
sayings scarce restrained they
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the people, that they had
not done sacrifice unto them.
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And there came thither certain
Jews from Antioch and Iconium,
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who persuaded the people, and
having stoned Paul, drew him out
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of the city, supposing he
had been dead. Howbeit, as the
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disciples stood round about
him, he rose up, and came unto
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the city: and the next day he
departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
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And when they had preached
the gospel to that city,
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and had taught many, they
returned again to Lystra, and
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to Iconium, and
Antioch. Confirming the souls
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of the disciples, and exhorting
them to continue in the faith,
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and that we must through
much tribulation enter into the
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kingdom of God. And when
they had ordained them elders in
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every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended
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them to the Lord, on whom they
believed. And after they had
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passed through
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
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And when they had preached the
word in Perga, they went down
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into Attalia: And thence sailed
to Antioch, from whence they had
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been recommended to the grace
of God for the work which they
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fulfilled. And when they were
come and had gathered the church
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together, they rehearsed
all that God had done with them,
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and how he had opened the
door of faith unto the Gentiles.
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And there they abode
long time with the disciples.
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We're reading in the book of
Acts, in the King James Version,
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chapter 15. And
certain men which came down
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from Judea taught
the brethren, and said,
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Except ye be circumcised
after the manner of Moses,
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ye cannot be saved. When
therefore Paul and Barnabas
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had no small dissension
and disputation with them,
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they determined that Paul
and Barnabas, and certain other
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of them, should go up to
Jerusalem unto the apostles
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and elders about this question.
And being brought on their way
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by the church, they passed
through Phenice and Samaria,
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declaring the conversion of the
Gentiles: and they caused great
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joy unto all the brethren. And
when they were come to Jerusalem
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they were received of the church
and of the apostles and elders,
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and they declared all things
that God had done with them.
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But there rose up cretin of
the sect of the Pharisees which
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believed, saying, That it
was needful to circumcise them,
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and to command them
to keep the law of Moses.
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And the apostles and elders came
together for to consider of this
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matter. And when there had been
much disputing, Peter rose up,
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and said unto them, Men and
brethren, ye know how that a
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good while ago God made choice
among us, that the Gentiles
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by my mouth should hear the
word of the gospel, and believe.
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And God, which knoweth
the hearts, bare them witness,
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giving them the Holy
Ghost, even as he did unto us;
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And put no difference between
us and them, purifying their
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hearts by faith. Now therefore
why tempt ye God, to put a yoke
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upon the neck of the disciples,
which neither our fathers nor we
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were able to bear? But we
believe that through the grace
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of the Lord Jesus Christ we
shall be saved even as they.
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Then all the multitude kept
silence, and gave audience to
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Barnabas and Paul, declaring
what miracles and wonders
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God had wrought
among the Gentiles by them.
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And after they had held their
peace, James answered, saying,
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men and brethren, hearken unto
me: Simeon hath declared how God
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at the first did visit the
Gentiles, to take out of them
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a people for his name. And
to this agree the words of the
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prophets; as it is written,
After this I will return,
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and will build again
the tabernacle of David,
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which is fallen down; and I will
build again the ruins thereof,
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the ruins thereof
and I will set it up:
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That the residue of men
might seek after the Lord,
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and all the Gentiles
upon whom my name is called,
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saith the Lord, who doeth
all these things. Known unto God
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are all his works from
the beginning of the world.
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Wherefore my sentence
is, that we trouble not them,
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which among the Gentiles are
turned to God: But that we write
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unto them, that they abstain
from pollutions of idols,
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and from fornication, and from
things strangled, and from blood
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For Moses of old time hath in
every city them that preach him,
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being read in the
synagogues every Sabbath day.
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Then pleased it the
apostles and elders,
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with the whole church, to send
chosen men of their own company
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to Antioch with Paul
and Barnabas; namely, Judas,
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surnamed Barsabas, and Silas,
chief men among the brethren:
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And they wrote letters
by them after this manner;
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The apostles and elders
and brethren send greeting unto
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the brethren which are of the
Gentiles in Antioch and Syria
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and Cilicia: Forasmuch as
we have heard that certain
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which went out from us
have troubled you with words,
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subverting your souls,
saying, Ye must be circumcised,
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and keep the law: to whom
we gave no such commandment:
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It seemed good unto us,
being assembled with one accord,
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to send chosen men unto you with
our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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Men that have hazarded their
lives for the name of our Lord
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Jesus Christ. We have
sent therefore Judas and Silas,
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who shall also tell you the same
things by mouth. For it seemed
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good to the Holy Ghost, and to
us, to lay upon you no greater
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burden than these necessary
things; that ye abstain from
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meats offered to idols,
and from blood, and from things
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strangled and from fornication
from which if ye keep yourselves
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ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
So when they were dismissed,
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they came to Antioch and when
they had gathered the multitude
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together, they delivered
the epistle; which when they had
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read, they rejoiced for the
consolation. And Judas and Silas
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being prophets also themselves,
exhorted the brethren with many
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words and confirmed them.
And after they had tarried there
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a space, they were let go
in peace from the brethren
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unto the apostles. Goodbye.
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