LESSON
64
THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM
Acts 15:1-6
New Living Translation (NLT)
15 While Paul and Barnabas were at
Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers[a]: “Unless you are
circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 Paul and Barnabas disagreed with them,
arguing vehemently. Finally, the church decided to send Paul and Barnabas to
Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and
elders about this question. 3 The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the
believers. They told them—much to everyone’s joy—that the Gentiles, too, were
being converted. 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, Barnabas and
Paul were welcomed by the whole church, including the apostles and elders. They
reported everything God had done through them. 5 But then some of the believers
who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile
converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.” 6 So the apostles and elders met
together to resolve this issue.
