Acts 15:26

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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In The King James Version

Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In Context

25We met and decided to choose certain men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

27We are accordingly sending Judas and Silas, and they will tell you by word of mouth what we are now writing.

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Cross References

Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the women of high social standing who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.

1 Corinthians 15:30Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?

Philippians 2:29Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such people in great honor.

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:23-36

Decision of the Council at Jerusalem; The Publication of the Decree. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which… Read the whole commentary →

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