Acts 15:19
New International Version
“It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

New Living Translation
“And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

English Standard Version
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

Berean Standard Bible
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles turning to God,

King James Bible
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

New King James Version
Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, it is my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,

NASB 1995
“Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

NASB 1977
“Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore I judge that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

Amplified Bible
Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble and make it difficult for those who are turning to God among the Gentiles [by putting obstacles in their way],

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

American Standard Version
Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Therefore I say, let us not trouble those who are being turned to God from the Gentiles.”

Contemporary English Version
And so, my friends, I don't think we should place burdens on the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For which cause I judge that they, who from among the Gentiles are converted to God, are not to be disquieted.

English Revised Version
Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them which from among the Gentiles turn to God;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"So I've decided that we shouldn't trouble non-Jewish people who are turning to God.

Good News Translation
"It is my opinion," James went on, "that we should not trouble the Gentiles who are turning to God.

International Standard Version
"Therefore, I have decided that we should not trouble these gentiles who are turning to God.

Literal Standard Version
For this reason I judge: not to trouble those who turn back to God from the nations,

Majority Standard Bible
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

New American Bible
It is my judgment, therefore, that we ought to stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God,

NET Bible
"Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those Gentiles who are turning to God,

New Heart English Bible
"Therefore my judgment is that we do not trouble those from among the non-Jewish people who turn to God,

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, who from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

Weymouth New Testament
"My judgement, therefore, is against inflicting unexpected annoyance on those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

World English Bible
Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,

Young's Literal Translation
wherefore I judge: not to trouble those who from the nations do turn back to God,

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Context
The Council at Jerusalem
18that have been known for ages.’ 19It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.…

Cross References
Acts 15:28
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

Acts 21:21
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

Acts 21:25
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality."


Treasury of Scripture

Why my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

that.

Acts 15:10,24,28
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? …

Galatians 1:7-10
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ…

Galatians 2:4
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

turned.

Acts 26:20
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

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Acts 15
1. Great dissensions arise regarding circumcision.
5. The apostles consult about it,
22. and send their determination by letters to the churches.
36. Paul and Barnabas, thinking to visit the brothers together,
39. disagree, and travel different ways.














(19) Wherefore my sentence is.--Literally, Wherefore I judge. The tone is that of one who speaks with authority, but what follows is not given as a decree, but as a resolution which was submitted to the judgment of the Apostles and elders. (Comp. Acts 16:4.)

That we trouble not them.--The verb is not found elsewhere in the New Testament, and expresses the idea of "worrying" or "harassing."

Are turned to God.--More accurately, are turning, as acknowledging that the work was going on at that very moment.

Verse 19. - Judgment for sentence, A.V. (ἐγὼ κρίνω); turn for are turned, A.V. (ἐπιστρέφουσιν Judgment. Sentence is the best word, as expressing the decisive judgment of St. James, which, being delivered with the authority of his office at the close of the debate, carried with it the suffrages of the whole council. The things decreed by them were called Τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκρίμενα ὑπὸ σῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Turn. It applies to those that should hereafter turn as well as to those who were already turned.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[It is] my
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

judgment,
κρίνω (krinō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.

therefore,
Διὸ (Dio)
Conjunction
Strong's 1352: Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.

that we should not cause trouble for
παρενοχλεῖν (parenochlein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 3926: To trouble, cause disturbance to, annoy, harass. From para and enochleo; to harass further, i.e. Annoy.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Gentiles
ἐθνῶν (ethnōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.

[who] are turning
ἐπιστρέφουσιν (epistrephousin)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1994: From epi and strepho; to revert.

to
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

God.
Θεόν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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