6The apostles and elders met to consider this question.
6The apostles and elders met to consider this question.
3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the brothers very glad.
4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.
5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses."
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question.
7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.
15:6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
15:6And the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of this matter.
15:6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.
15:6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
15:6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.
15:6And the apostles and elders came together to consider of this matter.
15:6The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
15:6And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,
15:6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.