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14 Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to bring honor to his name. 15 And this fact of Gentile conversion agrees with what the prophets predicted. For instance, listen to this passage from the prophet Amos:[a]

16 ‘Afterwards’ (says the Lord),[b] ‘I will return and renew the broken contract with David,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:15 from the prophet Amos, implied; see Amos 9:11-12.
  2. Acts 15:16 says the Lord, implied. renew the broken contract with David, literally, “rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen.”

14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(A) 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

16 “‘After this I will return
    and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
    and I will restore it,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter