Acts 15:24

²² Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

²³ and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.

²⁵ So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁶ men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
KJV: Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
WEB: Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
ASV: Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;
DARBY: Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, [saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law]; to whom we gave no commandment;
BLB: Inasmuch as we have heard that some went out from us, to whom we gave no instructions, [and that] they troubled you⁺ by words, upsetting your⁺ minds,

ÅB: Ettersom vi har fått høre at noen som er kommet fra oss, har forvirret dere ved sin tale og vakt uro i deres sjeler vi har ikke gitt dem noe pålegg
OTB: Vi har hørt at noen dro ut fra oss uten vår autorisasjon og har forstyrret dere, uroet deres sinn med det de sa.
B1930: Eftersom vi har fått høre at nogen som er kommet fra oss, har forvirret eder ved sin tale og vakt uro i eders sjeler vi har ikke gitt dem noget pålegg

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 5:12
As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
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Acts 15:1
Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
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Galatians 5:10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
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Titus 1:10–11
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
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Galatians 1:7
which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
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Galatians 6:12–13
Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
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1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
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Galatians 2:3–4
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
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