James (the half-brother of Jesus) was summing up all the evidence. The apostles and elders had gathered in Jerusalem to decide if Gentiles could be saved, without submitting to Jewish religious rules (Acts 15:6-11). Peter, Paul and Barnabas had all seen Gentiles turning to God in repentance and faith as they heard the gospel of Jesus (Acts 15:12-14). But legalistic believers, who may previously have been legalistic Pharisees, demanded that the new Christians should be circumcised as Jews (Acts 15:1).
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