Acts 14:21-15:4

New International Version

The Return to Antioch in Syria

²¹ They preached the gospel^(A) in that city and won a large number^(B) of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium^(C) and Antioch, ²² strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.^(D) “We must go through many hardships^(E) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. ²³ Paul and Barnabas appointed elders^[a](F) for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting,^(G) committed them to the Lord,^(H) in whom they had put their trust. ²⁴ After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,^{(I) 25} and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

²⁶ From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch,^(J) where they had been committed to the grace of God^(K) for the work they had now completed.^{(L) 27} On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them^(M) and how he had opened a door^(N) of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸ And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.^(O)

The Council at Jerusalem

15 Certain people^(P) came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:^(Q) “Unless you are circumcised,^(R) according to the custom taught by Moses,^(S) you cannot be saved.” ² This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem^(T) to see the apostles and elders^(U) about this question. ³ The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia^(V) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.^(W) This news made all the believers 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.^(X)