151 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren , "Unless e you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses , you cannot e be saved ." 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had great e dissension and debate with them, the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this issue . 3 Therefore , being sent on their way by the church , they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria , describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles , and were bringing great joy to all the brethren . 4 When they arrived at Jerusalem , they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders , and they reported all that God had done with them. 5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying , "It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses ."
6 The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 15:1-6
Commentary on Acts 15:1-6
(Read Acts 15:1-6)
Some from Judea taught the Gentile converts at Antioch, that they could not be saved, unless they observed the whole ceremonial law as given by Moses; and thus they sought to destroy Christian liberty. There is a strange proneness in us to think that all do wrong who do not just as we do. Their doctrine was very discouraging. Wise and good men desire to avoid contests and disputes as far as they can; yet when false teachers oppose the main truths of the gospel, or bring in hurtful doctrines, we must not decline to oppose them.