Acts 15:19

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Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

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  • Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you except these necessary things:
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins.
  • Acts 15:10 : 10 Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the necks of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
  • Acts 15:24 : 24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from us and troubled you with teachings, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no such instructions,
  • Gal 1:7-9 : 7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed! 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed! 10 For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 This arose because of false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so they might bring us into bondage.
  • Gal 5:11-12 : 11 Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated. 12 I wish those who unsettle you would go all the way and emasculate themselves!
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 15:20
    81%

    20Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.

  • Acts 21:25
    81%

    25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.

  • Acts 15:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

    24Since we have heard that some have gone out from us and troubled you with teachings, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no such instructions,

    25It seemed good to us, being in agreement, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 15:28-30
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    28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you except these necessary things:

    29that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

    30So they were sent off and went down to Antioch. When they gathered the assembly together, they delivered the letter.

  • 1 Thess 2:16
    74%

    16They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.

  • Acts 15:18
    72%

    18'—things known long ago.'

  • Acts 16:20-21
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    72%

    20They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

    21'They are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.'

  • Acts 15:9-11
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    72%

    9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

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

    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.

  • Gal 2:15
    72%

    15We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

  • 1 Cor 10:32
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    32Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.

  • Acts 15:5-7
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    5But some believers from the sect of the Pharisees stood up and declared, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."

    6The apostles and the elders gathered together to consider this matter.

    7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me among you so that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

  • Acts 13:46
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    46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 11:1
    71%

    1The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had accepted the word of God.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and human commandments that turn away from the truth.

  • Gal 1:7
    71%

    7not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • Acts 15:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

    2So after much dissension and debate with Paul and Barnabas, the brothers decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some others should go up to Jerusalem to consult the apostles and elders about this question.

  • Acts 10:28
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    28He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'

  • Acts 14:15-16
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    15They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

    16In past generations, he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

  • Acts 21:21
    71%

    21'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.'

  • Acts 21:19
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    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 11:17-19
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    70%

    17If then God gave them the same gift that He gave to us after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God's way?

    18When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'

    19Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word only to Jews.

  • Gal 5:10
    70%

    10I am confident in the Lord that you will think no other way. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

  • Acts 26:17
    70%

    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,

  • Rom 3:9
    70%

    9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

  • 3 John 1:7
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    7For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

  • Rom 14:13
    70%

    13Therefore, let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

  • 1 Cor 7:19
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    19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what matters.

  • Acts 5:38
    70%

    38'So in the present case I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail.'

  • Rom 9:30
    70%

    30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

  • Acts 22:21
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    21Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'

  • 1 Cor 5:9
    69%

    9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

  • 1 Cor 5:12
    69%

    12What business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Are you not to judge those inside the church?

  • Rom 3:29
    69%

    29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too.

  • Rom 14:19
    69%

    19So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

  • Gal 5:12
    69%

    12I wish those who unsettle you would go all the way and emasculate themselves!

  • Acts 28:21
    69%

    21They replied, 'We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers who came here reported or said anything bad about you.'

  • Eph 4:17
    69%

    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.