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The Reason for the Council meeting (15:1,6)
A. There is a disagreement concerning whether saved Gentile believers should be circumcised.
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
The Reports during this Council meeting (15:2–5, 7–18)
A. There is a disagreement concerning whether saved Gentile believers should be circumcised.
The Reports during this council meeting (15:2–5, 7–18)
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The pro-circumcision advocates (15:5) : These men were Pharisees before they became Christians.
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The pro-circumcision advocates (15:5) : These men were Pharisees before they became Christians.
2. The anti-circumcision advocates (15:2–4, 7–18)
a. Paul and Barnabas’s defense (15:2–4, 12): They review how God saved many Gentiles apart from circumcision during their recent missionary journey.
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Peter’s defense (15:7–11): He speaks of Cornelius’s conversion and that of his Gentile household.
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James’s defense (15:13–18): He reminds all present that the conversion of Gentiles was predicted by the Old Testament prophet Amos ().
The Resolution from this Council (15:19–34)
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The decision (15:19–21): James announces that saved Gentiles will not be forced into circumcision and will be encouraged to abstain
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