13. After they had become silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.
14. Simon has declared how God first visited the Gentiles to take from among them a people for His name.
15. With this the words of the prophets agree. As it is written:
16. ‘After this I will return,and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen;I will rebuild its ruins,and I will set it up;
17. that the rest of men may seek the Lord,and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,says the Lord who does all these things.’