Acts 15:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

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  • Acts 15:22-23 : 22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers: 23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
  • Acts 15:6-7 : 6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question. 7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Gal 2:1-2 : 1 Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me. 2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
  • Gal 2:5 : 5 To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
  • Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right, 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.
  • Exod 18:23 : 23 If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
  • Acts 10:23 : 23 So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.
  • Acts 11:12 : 12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,
  • Acts 15:27 : 27 And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.
  • Acts 16:4 : 4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.
  • 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation. 20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law. 21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law. 22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation. 23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.
  • Gal 1:6-9 : 6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort; 7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him. 9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him. 10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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  • Acts 15:3-7
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    3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

    5 But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.

    6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

    7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

  • 1 Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.

  • 2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

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    22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

    23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

    24 Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

    25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 16:3-4
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    3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

    4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

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    35 But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

    36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

    37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

    38 But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

    39 And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;

    40 But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

  • 15 But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

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  • 22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

  • 30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • 30 So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.

  • 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

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    27 And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.

    28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

  • 33 And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

  • 50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

  • Gal 2:1-2
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    1 Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.

    2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

  • Gal 2:12-14
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    12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

    13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.

    14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

  • 19 For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

  • 15 And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

  • 12 And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

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    20 But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

    21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • 4 And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • 2 But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

  • Acts 14:4-5
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    4 But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

    5 And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

  • 9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

  • 15 Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • 30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

  • 13 Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

  • 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

  • 12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.