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| | Act 15:1 | And summe camen doun fro Judee, and tauyten britheren, That but ye ben circumcidid after the lawe of Moises, ye moun not be maad saaf.
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| | Act 15:2 | Therfor whanne ther was maad not a litil discencioun to Poul and Barnabas ayens hem, thei ordeyneden, that Poul and Barnabas, and summe othere of hem, schulden go vp to the apostlis and preestis in Jerusalem, on this questioun.
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| | Act 15:3 | And so thei weren led forth of the chirche, and passiden bi Fenyce and Samarie; and thei telden the conuersacioun of hethene men, and thei maden greet ioie to alle the britheren.
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| | Act 15:4 | And whanne thei camen to Jerusalem, thei weren resseyued of the chirche and of the apostlis, and of the eldre men, and telden, hou greet thingis God dide with hem.
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| | Act 15:5 | But summe of the erise of Fariseis, that bileueden, risen vp, and seiden, That it bihoueth hem to be circumsidid, and to comaunde to kepe also the lawe of Moises.
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| | Act 15:6 | And the apostlis and eldre men camen togidre, to se of `this word.
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| | Act 15:7 | And whanne there was maad a greet sekyng herof, Petre roos, and seide to hem, Britheren, ye witen, that of elde daies in you God chees bi my mouth hethene, to here the word of the gospel, and to bileue;
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| | Act 15:8 | and God, that knewe hertis, bar witnessing, and yaf to hem the Hooli Goost, as also to vs;
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| | Act 15:9 | and no thing diuerside bitwixe vs and hem, `and clenside the hertis of hem bi feith.
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| | Act 15:10 | Now thanne what tempten ye God, to putte a yok on the necke of the disciplis, which nether we, nether oure fadris miyten bere?
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| | Act 15:11 | But bi the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist we bileuen to be saued, as also thei.
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| | Act 15:12 | And al the multitude helde pees, and herden Barnaban and Poul, tellinge hou grete signes and wondris God dide bi hem in hethene men.
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| | Act 15:13 | And aftir that thei helden pees, James answeride, and seide, Britheren, here ye me.
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| | Act 15:14 | Symount telde, hou God visitide, first to take of hethene men a puple to his name.
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| | Act 15:15 | And the wordis of prophetis acorden to him,
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| | Act 15:16 | as it is writun, Aftir this Y schal turne ayen, and bilde the tabernacle of Dauid, that felle doun; and Y schal bilde ayen the cast doun thingis of it, and Y schal reise it;
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| | Act 15:17 | that other men seke the Lord, and alle folkis on which my name is clepid to helpe; the Lord doynge this thing, seith.
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| | Act 15:18 | Fro the world, the werk of the Lord is knowun to the Lord.
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| | Act 15:19 | For which thing Y deme hem that of hethene men ben conuertid to God,
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| | Act 15:20 | to be not disesid, but to write to hem, that thei absteyne hem fro defoulingis of maumetis, and fro fornicacioun, and stranglid thingis, and blood.
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| | Act 15:21 | For Moyses of elde tymes hath in alle citees hem that prechen him in synagogis, where bi ech sabat he is red.
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| | Act 15:22 | Thanne it pleside to the apostlis, and to the eldre men, with al the chirche, to chees men of hem, and sende to Antioche, with Poul and Barnabas, Judas, that was named Barsabas, and Silas, the firste men among britheren;
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| | Act 15:23 | and wroten bi the hondis of hem, Apostlis and eldre britheren to hem that ben at Antioche, and Sirie, and Silice, britheren of hethen men, greting.
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| | Act 15:24 | For we herden that summe wenten out fro vs, and trobliden you with wordis, and turneden vpsodoun youre soulis, to whiche men we comaundiden not,
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| | Act 15:25 | it pleside to vs gaderid in to oon, to chese men, and sende to you, with oure most dereworthe Barnabas and Poul,
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| | Act 15:26 | men that yauen her lyues for the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
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| | Act 15:27 | Therfor we senten Judas and Silas, and thei schulen telle the same thingis to you bi wordis.
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| | Act 15:28 | For it is seyn to the Hooly Goost and to vs, to putte to you no thing more of charge, than these nedeful thingis,
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| | Act 15:29 | that ye absteyne you fro the offrid thingis of maumetis, and blood stranglid, and fornicacioun. Fro whiche ye kepinge you, schulen do wel. Fare ye wel.
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| | Act 15:30 | Therfor thei weren let go, and camen doun to Antioche; and whanne the multitude was gaderid, thei token the epistle;
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| | Act 15:31 | which whanne thei hadden red, thei ioyden on the coumfort.
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| | Act 15:32 | And Judas and Silas and thei, for thei weren prophetis, coumfortiden britheren, and confermyden with ful many wordis.
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| | Act 15:33 | But aftir that thei hadden be there a lytil while, thei weren let go of britheren with pees, to hem that hadden sent hem.
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| | Act 15:34 | But it was seyn to Silas, to dwelle there; and Judas wente aloone to Jerusalem.
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| | Act 15:35 | And Poul and Barnabas dwelten at Antioche, techinge and prechinge the word of the Lord, with othere manye.
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| | Act 15:36 | But after summe daies, Poul seide to Barnabas, Turne we ayen, and visite britheren bi alle citees, in whiche we han prechid the word of the Lord, hou thei han hem.
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| | Act 15:37 | And Barnabas wolde take with hym Joon, that was named Marcus.
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| | Act 15:38 | But Poul preiede him, that he that departide fro hem fro Pamfilie, and wente not with hem in to the werk, schulde not be resseyued.
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| | Act 15:39 | And dissencioun was maad, so that thei departiden a twynny. And Barnabas took Mark, and cam bi boot to Cipre.
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| | Act 15:40 | And Poul chees Silas, and wente forth fro the britheren, and was bitakun to the grace of God.
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| | Act 15:41 | And he wente bi Sirie and Silice, and confermyde the chirche, comaundinge to kepe the heestis of apostlis and eldre men.
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