Acts 15:14
“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.”
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Related Verses
“And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.”
“But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,”
“And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:”
“Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:”
“And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.”