Acts 15:9

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

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

In Context

8And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

10Now then, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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Cross References

Acts 10:28Peter said to them, “You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to keep company with or associate with a foreigner, but God has shown me that I should call no one defiled or unclean.

Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives remission of sins through his name.”

Acts 14:1At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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

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

Romans 9:24namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from 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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