Acts 21:17-26

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷ After we arrived in Jerusalem, ^(A)the brothers and sisters received us gladly. ¹⁸ And the following day Paul went in with us to ^[a](B)James, and all ^(C)the elders were present. ¹⁹ After he had greeted them, he ^(D)began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ^(E)ministry. ²⁰ And when they heard about them, they began ^(F)glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many ^[b]thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all ^(G)zealous for the Law; ²¹ and they have been told about you, that you are ^(H)teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them ^(I)not to circumcise their children nor to ^[c]walk according to ^(J)the customs. ²² So what is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. ²³ Therefore, do ^[d]as we tell you: we have four men who ^(K)have a ^[e]vow upon themselves; ²⁴ take them along and ^(L)purify yourself together with them, and ^[f]pay their expenses so that they may ^(M)shave their ^[g]heads; and then everyone will know that there is nothing to what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also conform, keeping the Law. ²⁵ But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter, ^(N)having decided that they should abstain from ^[h]meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and what is ^[i]strangled, and from sexual immorality.” ²⁶ Then Paul ^[j]took along the men, and the next day, after ^(O)purifying himself together with them, he ^(P)went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.