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The church sent them on their way. They went through the countries of Phoenicia and Samaria and told how those who were not Jews were turning to God. This made the Christians very happy.

When they got to Jerusalem, the church and the missionaries and the church leaders were glad to see them. Paul and Barnabas told them what God had done through them.

Some of the Christians there had been proud religious law-keepers. They got up and said, “Doing the religious act of becoming a Jew and keeping the Law of Moses are two things that must be done.”

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The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia(A) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.(B) This news made all the believers very glad. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.(C)

Then some of the believers who belonged to the party(D) of the Pharisees(E) stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”(F)

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