Acts 15:9

and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as also He did to us,

10Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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Cross References

Acts 10:28and he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a Gentile; and yet God has shown to me that I should call no man common or unclean;

Acts 10:43To Him all the prophets bear witness, that through His name, everyone believing in Him shall receive forgiveness of sins.” 1 The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium that they went in together into the synagogue of the Jews, and they spoke in a way so that a great multitude, both of the Jews and of the Greeks, believed.

Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

Romans 3:29Or is He the God of the Jews only? But is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

Romans 9:24even us whom He called, not 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 →

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