Acts 15:9
and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
In Context
8And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,
Cross References
Acts 10:28And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.
Acts 10:43To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.
Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Romans 3:9What then? are we better? No, in no wise: for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin:
Romans 3:29Is [God] the God of Jews only? is he not of [the] nations also? Yea, of nations also:
Romans 9:24us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst [the] Jews, but also from amongst [the] nations?
Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22
The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 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; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →