Acts 15:19
So my decision is that we shouldn't make it difficult for foreigners who turn to God.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
In Context
18This is what the Lord says, who revealed these things long ago.’
Cross References
Hosea 14:2Take words like these with you and come back to the Lord, saying to him, “Please take away all our guilt, accept what is good, and we will repay you with praise from our lips.
Acts 15:24We have heard that some from our group have confused you with their teachings, causing you trouble. We certainly didn't tell them to do this!
Acts 26:20First in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, and then all over Judea and also to the foreigners I shared the message of repentance: how they should turn to God, demonstrating their repentance through their actions.
Galatians 2:4(That issue only arose because some false Christians slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, trying to make us slaves.
1 Thessalonians 1:9In fact they talk about what a marvelous welcome you gave us, how you abandoned idols and turned to God, how you serve the true and living God,
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 →