Acts 21:15-25 - Conflict Over The Gentile Mission
15 So after these days we got ready [and] went up to Jerusalem. 16 And [some] of the disciples from Caesarea also traveled together with us, bringing [us] to a certain Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing, with whom we were to be entertained as guests.
17 And [when] we came to Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly. 18 And on the next [day] Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19 And [after] greeting them, he began to relate {one after the other} [the things] which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 And [when] they heard [this], they began to glorify God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous adherents of the law. 21 And they have been informed about you that you are teaching all the Jews [who are] among the Gentiles [the] abandonment of Moses, telling them not to circumcise [their] children or to live according to [our] customs. 22 What then {is to be done}? Doubtless they will all hear that you have come! 23 Therefore do this that we tell you: {we have} four men who have [taken] a vow upon themselves. 24 Take these [men] [and] purify yourself along with them and {pay their expenses} so that they can shave [their] heads, and everyone will know that [the things] which they had been informed about you are nothing, but you yourself also agree with observing the law. 25 But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter [after] deciding they should avoid food sacrificed to idols and blood and [what has been] strangled and sexual immorality."