Acts 15:19
In my judgment, therefore, we should not add to the difficulties of those Gentiles who are turning to God,
Open English Bible (US)
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
18says the Lord, as he does these things, known from long ago.’
Cross References
Hosea 14:2Take words of repentance with you, and return to the Lord your God. Say to him: Wholly pardon our iniquity, accept that which is good, instead of sacrificing bulls, we offer our praise.
Acts 15:24As we had heard that some of our number had upset you by their assertions, and unsettled your minds – without instructions from us –
Acts 26:20on the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.
Galatians 2:4But, because of those who pretended to be followers who had stolen in, the intruders who had crept in to spy on the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery –
1 Thessalonians 1:9Indeed, in speaking about us, the people themselves tell of the reception you gave us, and how, turning to God from your idols, you became servants of 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 →