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Acts 15:9

FaithPurityThe stranger and outcast

7 After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

8 And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

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

10 Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

11 On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

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BSB
He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
KJV
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
WEB
He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
ASV
and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
DARBY
and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
BLB
And He made no distinction between both us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
ÅB
og han gjorde ingen forskjell mellom oss og dem, idet han ved troen renset deres hjerter.
OTB
Han viste ingen forskjell mellom oss og dem, idet Han renset deres hjerter gjennom tro.
B1930
og han gjorde ingen forskjell mellem oss og dem, idet han ved troen renset deres hjerter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 3:6

    This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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  • Galatians 5:6

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

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  • Romans 3:22

    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

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  • Acts 10:28

    He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

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  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:2

    To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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  • Acts 11:12

    The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

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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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