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Acts 10:35

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33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

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BSB
but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
KJV
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
WEB
but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
ASV
but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.
DARBY
but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
BLB
but in every nation the one fearing Him and working righteousness is acceptable to Him,
ÅB
men blant ethvert folkeslag tar han imot den som frykter ham og gjør rettferdighet.
OTB
men tar imot fra hvert folk den som frykter Ham og gjør det som er rett.
B1930
men blandt ethvert folkeslag tar han imot den som frykter ham og gjør rettferdighet.

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  • 1 John 2:29

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

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  • Acts 10:2

    He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

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  • Romans 10:12–13

    For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

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  • Acts 15:9

    He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

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  • Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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  • 2 Corinthians 7:1

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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  • Isaiah 56:3–8

    Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

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