Acts 15:1; Acts 15:3; Acts 15:22; Acts 15:23; Acts 15:32; Acts 15:40

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.”

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.

22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.

23 With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.

32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers.

40 but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.