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Acts 15:19

The stranger and outcastThe law

17 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.

18 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:

20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
KJV
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
WEB
Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
ASV
Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;
DARBY
Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;
BLB
Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles turning to God,
ÅB
Derfor mener jeg at vi ikke skal gjøre det tungt for dem av hedningene som omvender seg til Gud,
OTB
Derfor er det min dom at vi ikke skal plage de hedningene som vender seg til Gud,
B1930
Derfor mener jeg at vi ikke skal gjøre det tungt for dem av hedningene som omvender sig til Gud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 15:28

    For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

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  • Galatians 1:7–10

    Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

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  • Acts 15:24

    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:

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  • 1 Thessalonians 1:9

    For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

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  • Isaiah 55:7

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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  • Hosea 14:2

    Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

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  • Acts 26:20

    But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

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  • Acts 15:10

    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?

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