Acts 15:9

and made no difference betwixt either us or them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And God, who is the discerner of the heart, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as to us;

10Why then now tempt ye God, by imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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Cross References

Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how contrary it is to established usage, for a man who is a Jew to associate with or visit one of another nation; but God hath shewed me to call no man common or unclean.

Acts 10:43To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one who believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins.

Acts 14:1NOW it came to pass at Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake in such a manner, as that a vast multitude both of the Jews and Greek proselytes believed.

Romans 3:9What then? have we pre-eminence? Not at all: for we have before proved that both the Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

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

Romans 9:24even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of 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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