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使徒行傳十五1-11

1有幾個人從猶太下來，教訓弟兄們說：你們若不按摩西的規條受割禮，不能得救。

2保羅、巴拿巴與他們大大的紛爭辯論；眾門徒就定規，叫保羅、巴拿巴和本會中幾個人，為所辯論的，上耶路撒冷去見使徒和長老。

3於是教會送他們起行。他們經過腓尼基、撒瑪利亞，隨處傳說外邦人歸主的事，叫眾弟兄都什歡喜。

4到了耶路撒冷，教會和使徒並長老都接待他們，他們就述說神同他們所行的一切事。

5惟有幾個信徒、是法利賽教門的人，起來說：必須給外邦人行割禮，吩咐他們遵守摩西的律法。

6使徒和長老聚會商議這事；

7辯論已經多了，彼得就起來，說：諸位弟兄，你們知道神早已在你們中間揀選了我，叫外邦人從我口中得聽福音之道，而且相信。

8知道人心的神也為他們作了見証，賜聖靈給他們，正如給我們一樣；

9又藉著信潔淨了他們的心，並不分他們我們。

10現在為什麼試探神，要把我們祖宗和我們所不能負的軛放在門徒的頸項上呢？

11我們得救乃是因主耶穌的恩，和他們一樣，這是我們所信的。

Bible reading:
Acts 15:1-11

1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved."

2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad.

4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.

5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses."

6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question.

7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.

9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."