Acts 15:14

The Council at Jerusalem

13When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me! 14Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

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Berean Standard Bible
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
American Standard Version (1901)
Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Bible in Basic English
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Simon hath related how God first visited to take of the Gentiles a people to his name.
Free Bible Version
Simon has described how God first revealed his concern for the foreigners by taking from them a people committed to him.
Geneva Bible 1599
Simeon hath declared, howe God first did visite the Gentiles, to take of them a people vnto his Name.
King James (Authorized) Version
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Plain English Version
Peter just told us the story about how God showed himself to people that are not Jews, and that he picked some of them to be his own people.
Translation for Translators
Simon Peter has told you how God previously blessed the non-Jews. God did that by choosing from among them a people who would belong to him [MTY].
Unlocked Literal Bible
Simon has told how God first graciously helped the Gentiles in order to take from them a people for his name.
Noah Webster Bible
Simeon hath declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take from among them a people for his name.
World English Bible
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.
Young's Literal Translation
Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,