Acts 15
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And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Paul.

Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to …

Galatians 1:6-10 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into …

Galatians 2:5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the …

Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common …

they determined.

Acts 15:25 It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen …

Exodus 18:23 If you shall do this thing, and God command you so, then you shall …

Galatians 2:1,2 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, …

certain.

Acts 15:22,27 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to …

Acts 10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter …

Acts 11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these …

should.

Acts 15:4,22,23 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, …

1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in …

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant …

Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel …

Philemon 1:8,9 Why, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin you that which …

the apostles.

Acts 15:6,23 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter…

Acts 21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the …

1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of …

2 Corinthians 11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles.

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

much.

Acts 15:2,39 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation …

Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

ye know.

Acts 10:5,6,20,32-48 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter…

Acts 11:12-18 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these …

Matthew 16:18,19 And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will …

God.

Acts 1:24 And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, which know the hearts of all …

Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel …

Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said…

1 Chronicles 28:4,5 However, the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of …

John 3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given …

John 15:16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, …

Galatians 2:7-9 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision …

by my.

Acts 1:16 Men and brothers, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled…

Acts 3:18 But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all …

Acts 4:25 Who by the mouth of your servant David have said, Why did the heathen …

Exodus 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what …

Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD …

Romans 10:17,18 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God…

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

which.

Acts 1:24 And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, which know the hearts of all …

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the …

1 Kings 8:39 Then hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, …

1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve …

1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in …

Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 139:1,2 O lord, you have searched me, and known me…

Jeremiah 11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judge righteously, that try the reins …

Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every …

Jeremiah 20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that try the righteous, and see the reins and …

John 2:24,25 But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men…

John 21:17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me? …

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight…

Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall …

bare.

Acts 14:3 Long time therefore stayed they speaking boldly in the Lord, which …

John 5:37 And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. …

Hebrews 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with …

giving.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak …

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled …

Acts 10:44,45 While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them …

Acts 11:15-17 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at …

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

the residue.

Genesis 22:18 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because …

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between …

Psalm 22:26,27 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that …

Psalm 67:1-3 God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine on us; Selah…

Psalm 72:17-19 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long …

Isaiah 2:2,3 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of …

Isaiah 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand …

Isaiah 19:23-25 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and …

Isaiah 24:15,16 Why glorify you the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD …

Isaiah 49:6,7 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to …

Isaiah 66:18-21 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I …

Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of …

Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her …

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of …

Micah 4:1,2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of …

Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as …

Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall …

Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there …

Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same …

the Gentiles.

Genesis 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let …

Numbers 6:27 And they shall put my name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.

Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him …

Isaiah 65:1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that …

who.

Numbers 24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this!

Isaiah 45:7,8 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: …

Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and …

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

from pollutions.

Acts 15:29 That you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and …

Genesis 35:2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, …

Exodus 20:3-5,23 You shall have no other gods before me…

Exodus 34:15,16 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they …

Numbers 25:2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the …

Psalm 106:37-39 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils…

Ezekiel 20:30,31 Why say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Are you polluted …

1 Corinthians 8:1,4-13 Now as touching things offered to idols, we know that we all have …

1 Corinthians 10:20-22,28 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice …

Revelation 2:14,20 But I have a few things against you, because you have there them …

Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet …

Revelation 10:2,8 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot …

fornication.

1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that …

1 Corinthians 6:9,13,18 Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of …

1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, …

2 Corinthians 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and …

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, …

Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not …

Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, …

1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should …

Hebrews 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for …

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators …

1 Peter 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have worked the will …

things.

Acts 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded …

Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eat.

Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all …

Leviticus 7:23-27 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner …

Leviticus 17:10-14 And whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers …

Deuteronomy 12:16,23-25 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth as water…

Deuteronomy 14:21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give …

Deuteronomy 15:23 Only you shall not eat the blood thereof; you shall pour it on the …

1 Samuel 14:32 And the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, …

Ezekiel 4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted…

Ezekiel 33:25 Why say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; You eat with the blood, …

1 Timothy 4:4,5 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if …

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

being.

Acts 2:17,18 And it shall come to pass in the last days, said God, I will pour …

Acts 11:23,27 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted …

Acts 13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets …

Matthew 23:34 Why, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and …

Luke 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets …

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given …

1 Corinthians 12:28,29 And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, …

1 Corinthians 14:3,29,32 But he that prophesies speaks to men to edification, and exhortation, …

Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it …

Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; …

1 Thessalonians 5:20 Despise not prophesyings.

exhorted.

Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save …

Acts 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted …

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue …

Acts 18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over …

Acts 20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, …

Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it …

1 Thessalonians 2:11 As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of …

1 Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus…

1 Thessalonians 5:14 Now we exhort you, brothers, warn them that are unruly, comfort the …

2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, …

1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, …

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, …

Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

1 Peter 5:1,12 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and …

confirmed.

Acts 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees…

Daniel 11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm …

1 Corinthians 1:8 Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless …

Ephesians 4:12,13 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for …

1 Thessalonians 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow …

1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory …

And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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