The Council in Jerusalem

15 ^(A)Some men came down from Judea and began teaching ^(B)the brothers, “Unless you are ^(C)circumcised according to ^(D)the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” ² And after Paul and Barnabas had ^[a]a heated argument and ^(E)debate with them, ^(F)the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the ^(G)apostles and elders concerning this issue.

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