Acts 15:25
New International Version
So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul—

New Living Translation
So we decided, having come to complete agreement, to send you official representatives, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

English Standard Version
it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Berean Standard Bible
So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Berean Literal Bible
it seemed good to us, having come with one accord, having chosen men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

King James Bible
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

New King James Version
it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

New American Standard Bible
it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

NASB 1995
it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

NASB 1977
it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Legacy Standard Bible
it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Amplified Bible
it has been decided by us, having met together, to select men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Christian Standard Bible
we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,

American Standard Version
it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Therefore we counseled when we all assembled and we chose men and sent them to you with our beloved friends, Paulus and BarNaba,”

Contemporary English Version
So we met together and decided to choose some men and to send them to you along with our good friends Barnabas and Paul.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It hath seemed good to us, being assembled together, to choose out men, and to send them unto you, with our well beloved Barnabas and Paul:

English Revised Version
it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So we have come to a unanimous decision that we should choose men and send them to you with our dear Barnabas and Paul.

Good News Translation
And so we have met together and have all agreed to choose some messengers and send them to you. They will go with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

International Standard Version
So we have unanimously decided to choose men and send them to you with our dear Barnabas and Paul,

Literal Standard Version
it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, to send to you chosen men, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul—

Majority Standard Bible
So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

New American Bible
we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

NET Bible
we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

New Revised Standard Version
we have decided unanimously to choose representatives and send them to you, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

New Heart English Bible
it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Webster's Bible Translation
It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul:

Weymouth New Testament
we have unanimously decided to select certain men and send them to you in company with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

World English Bible
it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Young's Literal Translation
it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul --

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Letter to the Gentile Believers
24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.…

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:

2 Peter 3:15
Consider also that our Lord's patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.


Treasury of Scripture

It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

seemed.

Acts 15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

Matthew 11:26
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

being.

Acts 15:6
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Acts 1:14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 2:1,46
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place…

to send.

Acts 15:22,27
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: …

our.

Romans 16:12
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

Ephesians 6:21
But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

Colossians 4:7,9
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: …

Barnabas.

Acts 15:2,35
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question…

Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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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.














(25) Being assembled with one accord.--Literally, being of one mind, unanimously.

To send chosen men unto you.--Literally, to choose men and send them unto you. The men, are, of course, Barsabas and Silas.

With our beloved Barnabas and Paul.--The order in which the names stand is, perhaps, characteristic of the Church of Jerusalem, to whom Barnabas was still the more conspicuous teacher of the two. The way in which the two are named may be taken as illustrating St. Paul's statement that the "pillars" of the Church of Jerusalem gave to him and Barnabas the "right hand of fellowship" (Galatians 2:9).

Verse 25. - Having come to for being assembled with, A.V.; to choose out men and send them for to send chosen men, A.V. (see note on ver. 22). Having come, etc. The Greek is capable of either meaning. Alford prefers that of the A.V. Others think that stress is laid upon the decree being unanimous. Our beloved Barnabas and Paul. James and the council thus gave their full and open support to Barnabas and Paul. Observe that Barnabas is named first, as in ver. 12.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[So] we all agreed
ἔδοξεν (edoxen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1380: A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem.

to choose
ἐκλεξαμένοις (eklexamenois)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1586: To pick out for myself, choose, elect, select. Middle voice from ek and lego; to select.

men
ἄνδρας (andras)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

to send
πέμψαι (pempsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

along with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

beloved
ἀγαπητοῖς (agapētois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 27: From agapao; beloved.

Barnabas
Βαρνάβᾳ (Barnaba)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 921: Of Chaldee origin; son of Nabas; Barnabas, an Israelite.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Paul,
Παύλῳ (Paulō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.


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