A common misinterpretation twists this verse to promote supersessionism, claiming the church fully replaces Israel as God's people, ignoring that it affirms God's ongoing plan to include Gentiles alongside Jewish believers without nullifying Israel's role; others erroneously view the 'people for his name' as a secondary or exclusive Gentile assembly, overlooking the council's affirmation of unity in the one body of Christ for all who believe.
Acts 15:14
King James Version (1769)
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
In the context of the Jerusalem Council, James references Peter's testimony about God's visitation to the Gentiles through Cornelius, underscoring that from the beginning God chose to call a people for Himself from among the Gentiles, independent of Jewish law or circumcision, emphasizing divine grace and inclusion in the covenant community based on faith in Christ alone.