NET Bible
"Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name."
— Acts 15:14, NET Bible
“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.”
“Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. ”
“Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.”
“Simon hath related how God first visited to take to the Gentiles, a people to his name.”
“Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.”
“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.”
On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”
The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
After they stopped speaking, James replied,“Brothers, listen to me.
Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,
‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,
so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ says the Lord, who makes these things