Acts 15:2 Cross References - WNT

² Between these new comers and Paul and Barnabas there was no little disagreement and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some other brethren should go up to consult the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on this matter.

²³ Upon hearing this, Peter invited them in, and gave them a lodging. The next day he set out with them, some of the brethren from Jaffa going with him,

¹² And the Spirit told me to accompany them without any misgivings. There also went with me these six brethren who are now present, and we reached the Centurion's house.

³⁰ This they did, forwarding their contributions to the Elders by Barnabas and Saul.

⁴ Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were cordially received by the Church, the Apostles, and the Elders; and they reported in detail all that God, working with them, had done.

⁶ Then the Apostles and Elders met to consider the matter; ⁷ and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. "It is within your own knowledge," he said, "that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.

²² Thereupon it was decided by the Apostles and Elders, with the approval of the whole Church, to choose suitable persons from among themselves and send them to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas. Judas, called Bar-sabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren, were selected, ²³ and they took with them the following letter: "The Apostles and the elder brethren send greeting to the Gentile brethren throughout Antioch, Syria and Cilicia.

²⁵ we have unanimously decided to select certain men and send them to you in company with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

²⁷ We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who are themselves bringing you the same message by word of mouth.

⁴ As they journeyed on from town to town, they handed to the brethren for their observance the decisions which had been arrived at by the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem.

¹⁸ On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the Elders of the Church came also.

¹ Paul, called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God--and our brother Sosthenes:

¹⁹ Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible. ²⁰ To the Jews I have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are under the Law; ²¹ to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law. ²² To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some. ²³ And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.

⁵ Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.

⁶ I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News. ⁷ For other "Good News" there is none; but there are some persons who are troubling you, and are seeking to distort the Good News concerning Christ. ⁸ But if even we or an angel from Heaven should bring you a Good News different from that which we have already brought you, let him be accursed. ⁹ What I have just said I repeat--if any one is preaching to you a Good News other than that which you originally received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰ For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondservant.

¹ Later still, after an interval of fourteen years, I again went up to Jerusalem in company with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me. ² I went up in obedience to a revelation of God's will; and I explained to them the Good News which I proclaim among the Gentiles. To the leaders of the Church this explanation was made in private, lest by any means I should be running, or should already have run, in vain.

⁵ But not for an hour did we give way and submit to them; in order that the Good News might continue with you in its integrity.

⁸ Therefore, though I might with Christ's authority speak very freely and order you to do what is fitting, ⁹ it is for love's sake that--instead of that--although I am none other than Paul the aged, and am now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus,

³ Dear friends, since I am eager to begin a letter to you on the subject of our common salvation, I find myself constrained to write and cheer you on to the vigorous defense of the faith delivered once for all to God's people.