Acts 15:9
He made no distinction between them and us, when he purified their hearts by their faith.
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In The King James Version
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
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Acts 10:28“You are doubtless aware that it is forbidden for a Jew to be intimate with a foreigner, or even to enter his house; and yet God has shown me that I ought not to call anyone defiled or unclean.
Acts 10:43To him it is that all the prophets bear witness, when they say that everyone who believes in him receives through his name forgiveness of sins.”
Acts 14:1The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed in Christ.
Romans 3:9What follows, then? Are we Jews in any way superior to others? Not at all. Our indictment against both Jews and Greeks was that all alike were in subjection to sin.
Romans 3:29Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles?
Romans 9:24and whom he called – even us – not only from among the Jews but from among the Gentiles also!
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 →