Acts 15:13-21

¹³After they stopped speaking, James responded, saying, “Brothers, listen to me. ¹⁴Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles. ¹⁵The words of the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written:

16‘After these things I will return,

And I will rebuild the fallen tabernacle of David,

And I will rebuild its ruins,

And I will restore it,

17So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,

And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,’

18Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

¹⁹Therefore, it is my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God, ²⁰but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood. ²¹For from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”