¹⁸ And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

¹³ And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

³⁰ Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

¹ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

⁹ When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

¹⁹ But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

¹⁷ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

²³ And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

⁶ And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

² And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

¹⁷ But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

² Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;