Acts 15:6-21

BIB(i) 6 Συνήχθησάν (Were gathered together) τε (then) οἱ (the) ἀπόστολοι (apostles) καὶ (and) οἱ (the) πρεσβύτεροι (elders) ἰδεῖν (to see) περὶ (about) τοῦ (the) λόγου (matter) τούτου (this). 7 Πολλῆς (Of much) δὲ (now) ζητήσεως (discussion) γενομένης (having taken place), ἀναστὰς (having risen up), Πέτρος (Peter) εἶπεν (said) πρὸς (to) αὐτούς (them), “Ἄνδρες (Men), ἀδελφοί (brothers), ὑμεῖς (you) ἐπίστασθε (know) ὅτι (that) ἀφ’ (from) ἡμερῶν (days) ἀρχαίων (early), ἐν (among) ὑμῖν (you) ἐξελέξατο (chose) ὁ (-) Θεὸς (God) διὰ (by) τοῦ (the) στόματός (mouth) μου (of me) ἀκοῦσαι (to hear) τὰ (the) ἔθνη (Gentiles) τὸν (the) λόγον (word) τοῦ (of the) εὐαγγελίου (gospel), καὶ (and) πιστεῦσαι (to believe). 8 καὶ (And) ὁ (the) καρδιογνώστης (heart-knowing) Θεὸς (God) ἐμαρτύρησεν (bore witness) αὐτοῖς (to them), δοὺς (having given them) τὸ (the) Πνεῦμα (Spirit) τὸ (-) Ἅγιον (Holy), καθὼς (as) καὶ (also) ἡμῖν (to us), 9 καὶ (and) οὐθὲν (not one) διέκρινεν (He made distinction) μεταξὺ (between) ἡμῶν (us) τε (also) καὶ (and) αὐτῶν (them), τῇ (by the) πίστει (faith) καθαρίσας (having purified) τὰς (the) καρδίας (hearts) αὐτῶν (of them). 10 Νῦν (Now) οὖν (therefore), τί (why) πειράζετε (are you testing) τὸν (-) Θεόν (God), ἐπιθεῖναι (to put) ζυγὸν (a yoke) ἐπὶ (upon) τὸν (the) τράχηλον (neck) τῶν (of the) μαθητῶν (disciples) ὃν (that) οὔτε (neither) οἱ (the) πατέρες (fathers) ἡμῶν (of us), οὔτε (nor) ἡμεῖς (we), ἰσχύσαμεν (have been able) βαστάσαι (to bear)? 11 ἀλλὰ (But) διὰ (by) τῆς (the) χάριτος (grace) τοῦ (of) Κυρίου (the Lord) Ἰησοῦ (Jesus), πιστεύομεν (we believe) σωθῆναι (to be saved), καθ’ (in) ὃν (the same) τρόπον (manner as) κἀκεῖνοι (they also).” 12 Ἐσίγησεν (Kept silent) δὲ (now) πᾶν (all) τὸ (the) πλῆθος (multitude), καὶ (and) ἤκουον (were listening to) Βαρνάβα (Barnabas) καὶ (and) Παύλου (Paul) ἐξηγουμένων (relating) ὅσα (what) ἐποίησεν (had done) ὁ (-) Θεὸς (God), σημεῖα (signs) καὶ (and) τέρατα (wonders), ἐν (among) τοῖς (the) ἔθνεσιν (Gentiles) δι’ (by) αὐτῶν (them). 13 Μετὰ (After) δὲ (now) τὸ (-) σιγῆσαι (were silent) αὐτοὺς (they), ἀπεκρίθη (answered) Ἰάκωβος (James), λέγων (saying), “Ἄνδρες (Men), ἀδελφοί (brothers), ἀκούσατέ (hear) μου (me). 14 Συμεὼν (Simeon) ἐξηγήσατο (has related) καθὼς (how) πρῶτον (first) ὁ (-) Θεὸς (God) ἐπεσκέψατο (visited), λαβεῖν (to take) ἐξ (out of) ἐθνῶν (the Gentiles) λαὸν (a people) τῷ (for the) ὀνόματι (name) αὐτοῦ (of Him). 15 καὶ (And) τούτῳ (with this) συμφωνοῦσιν (agree) οἱ (the) λόγοι (words) τῶν (of the) προφητῶν (prophets), καθὼς (as) γέγραπται (it is written): 16 ‘Μετὰ (After) ταῦτα (these things) ἀναστρέψω (I will return) καὶ (and) ἀνοικοδομήσω (will rebuild) τὴν (the) σκηνὴν (tabernacle) Δαυὶδ (of David) τὴν (which) πεπτωκυῖαν (has fallen), καὶ (and) τὰ (the) κατεσκαμμένα* (ruins) αὐτῆς (of it) ἀνοικοδομήσω (I will rebuild), καὶ (and) ἀνορθώσω (I will set upright) αὐτήν (it), 17 ὅπως (so that) ἂν (-) ἐκζητήσωσιν (may seek out) οἱ (the) κατάλοιποι (remnant) τῶν (-) ἀνθρώπων (of men) τὸν (the) Κύριον (Lord), καὶ (and) πάντα (all) τὰ (the) ἔθνη (Gentiles), ἐφ’ (upon) οὓς (whom) ἐπικέκληται (has been called) τὸ (the) ὄνομά (name) μου (of Me) ἐπ’ (upon) αὐτούς (them), λέγει (says) Κύριος (the Lord), ποιῶν (doing) ταῦτα (these things), 18 γνωστὰ (known) ἀπ’ (from) αἰῶνος (eternity).’ 19 Διὸ (Therefore) ἐγὼ (I) κρίνω (judge) μὴ (not) παρενοχλεῖν (to trouble) τοῖς (those who), ἀπὸ (from) τῶν (the) ἐθνῶν (Gentiles), ἐπιστρέφουσιν (are turning) ἐπὶ (to) τὸν (-) Θεόν (God), 20 ἀλλὰ (but) ἐπιστεῖλαι (to write) αὐτοῖς (to them) τοῦ (-) ἀπέχεσθαι (to abstain from) τῶν (the) ἀλισγημάτων (pollutions) τῶν (of the) εἰδώλων (idols), καὶ (and) τῆς (-) πορνείας (sexual immorality), καὶ (and) ‹τοῦ› (that) πνικτοῦ (which is strangled), καὶ (and) τοῦ (from) αἵματος (blood). 21 Μωϋσῆς (Moses) γὰρ (for) ἐκ (from) γενεῶν (generations) ἀρχαίων (of old), κατὰ (in every) πόλιν (city) τοὺς (ones) κηρύσσοντας (proclaiming) αὐτὸν (him) ἔχει (has), ἐν (in) ταῖς (the) συναγωγαῖς (synagogues) κατὰ (on) πᾶν (every) σάββατον (Sabbath) ἀναγινωσκόμενος (being read).”