Acts 15:19

"Therefore it is my judgment": This is the only conclusion that James can reach from the facts presented. Notice how the apostles have argued. Both Peter and Paul had offered approved examples and necessary inferences and James has offered direct commands and then made the appropriate conclusion. None of this was argued on the basis of feelings, the culture, or human opinion. "That we do not trouble": "Our word harass rather catches the idea of the word trouble" (Reese p. 543). Once again conversion is spoken of as. turning to God (Acts 3:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:9).