Tyndale(i)
6 And ye Apostles and elders came to geder to reason of this matter.
7 And when ther was moche disputinge Peter rose vp and sayde vnto them: Ye men and brethren ye knowe how that a good whyle agoo God chose amoge vs that the getyls by my mouth shuld heare the worde of the gospell and beleve.
8 And God which knoweth the herte bare them witnes and gave vnto them the holy goost eve as he dyd vnto vs
9 and he put no difference bitwene them and vs but with fayth purified their hertes.
10 Now therfore why tempte ye God that ye wolde put a yoke on the disciples neckes which nether oure fathers nor we were able to beare.
11 But we beleve that thorowe the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christ we shalbe saved as they doo.
12 Then all the multitude was peased and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul which tolde what signes and wondres God had shewed amonge the gentyls by them.
13 And when they helde their peace Iames answered sayinge: Men and brethren herken vnto me.
14 Simeon tolde how God at the begynnynge dyd visit the gentyls and receaved of them people vnto his name.
15 And to this agreith ye wordes of ye Prophetes as it is written.
16 After this I will returne and wyll bylde agayne the tabernacle of David which is fallen doune and that which is fallen in dekey of it will I bilde agayne and I will set it vp
17 that the residue of men might seke after the Lorde and also the gentyls vpo whom my name is named saith ye Lorde which doth all these thinges:
18 knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynninge of the worlde.
19 Wherfore my sentece is yt we trouble not them which fro amonge the gentyls are turned to God:
20 but yt we write vnto them yt they abstayne them selves fro filthynes of ymages fro fornicacio from straglyd and fro bloude.
21 For Moses of olde tyme hath in every cite that preache him and he is rede in the synagoges every saboth daye.