Acts 15:9
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
In Context
8And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us;
Cross References
Acts 10:28And he said to them: You know how abominable it is for a man that is a Jew, to keep company or to come unto one of another nation: but God hath shewed to me, to call no man common or unclean.
Acts 10:43To him all the prophets give testimony, that by his name all receive remission of sins, who believe in him.
Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a very great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks did believe.
Romans 3:9What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin.
Romans 3:29Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.
Romans 9:24Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
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 →