Acts 15:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • John 16:13 : 13 However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.
  • Rev 2:24 : 24 But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, even to those who have not this teaching, and have no knowledge of the secrets of Satan, as they say; I put on you no other weight.
  • Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.
  • Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;
  • Acts 15:19 : 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;
  • 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,
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 15:22-27
    6 verses
    80%

    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,

    26 Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

  • Acts 15:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

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

  • Acts 21:23-25
    3 verses
    77%

    23 Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;

    24 Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

    25 But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

  • Acts 15:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    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;

    20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

  • Acts 15:8-11
    4 verses
    73%

    8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

    9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

    10 Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

    11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

  • Acts 15:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
    71%

    1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • Acts 16:4
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
    70%

    2 Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 16:21
    70%

    21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

  • Acts 15:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    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 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.

  • Acts 28:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

    22 But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    69%

    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

    20 And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

  • Acts 14:15
    69%

    15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

  • Acts 15:33-34
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

    34 []

  • Acts 21:15
    69%

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

  • 1 Thess 2:16
    69%

    16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

  • Acts 5:28
    69%

    28 We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
    69%

    9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • Acts 28:10
    68%

    10 Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

  • Acts 21:12
    68%

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

  • 1 Thess 2:6
    68%

    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • Acts 14:18
    68%

    18 And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

  • Rom 15:27
    68%

    27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.

  • Rom 15:1
    68%

    1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

  • Acts 11:30
    68%

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

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
    68%

    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

    5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.