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Acts 15:9

FaithPurityThe stranger and outcast

7 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.

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

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

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?

11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

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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
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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ephesians 3:6

    That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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  • Galatians 5:6

    For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

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  • Romans 3:22

    Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

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  • Acts 10:28

    And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

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  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:2

    Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

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  • Acts 11:12

    And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:

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  • Colossians 3:11

    Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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