13 After they finished speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me.
14 Simon has explained how God first showed his concern by taking from non-Jewish people those who would honor his name.
15 This agrees with what the prophets said. Scripture says,
16 ‘Afterwards, I will return.I will set up David’s fallen tent again.I will restore its ruined places again.I will set it up again
17 so that the survivors and all the people who aren’t Jewishover whom my name is spoken,may search for the Lord, declares the Lord.
18 He is the one who will do these things that have always been known!’
19 “So I’ve decided that we shouldn’t trouble non-Jewish people who are turning to God.