Acts 16:3
Paul woulde that he should go foorth with hym, and toke & circumcised hym, because of the Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Greke.
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- Gal 2:3 : 3 But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised,
- Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue.
- Gal 2:8 : 8 (For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles)
- Gal 5:1-3 : 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage. 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you, that yf ye be, circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng. 3 For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe.
- Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood.
- Acts 15:37 : 37 And Barnabas gaue counsell to take with them Iohn, whose sirname was Marke.
- Acts 15:40 : 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, beyng committed of the brethren vnto the grace of God.
- 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundementes of God.
- 1 Cor 9:20 : 20 Unto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I might win the Iewes: To them that are vnder the lawe, I become as though I were vnder the lawe, that I might win them that are vnder the lawe:
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- Gal 2:3-42 verses78%
3But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised,
4And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.
- Acts 16:1-22 verses74%
1Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: And beholde, a certayne disciple was there, named Timotheus, a womans sonne which was a Iewesse, and beleued: but his father was a Greke.
2Of whom the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.
- Gal 6:12-132 verses74%
12As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe.
13For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.
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4And as they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordayned of ye Apostles and elders, which were at Hierusalem.
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21And they are infourmed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes whiche are among the Gentiles to forsake Moyses, and sayest that they ought not to circucise their chyldren, neither to walke after the customes.
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30Which whe the brethren knewe, they brought hym to Cesarea, and sent hym foorth to Tarsus.
- Acts 15:1-22 verses71%
1And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued.
2So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question.
- Acts 11:2-32 verses71%
2And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym,
3Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.
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12For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
- Gal 2:7-104 verses71%
7But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter.
8(For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles)
9When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me, then Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which seemed to be pyllers, gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe, that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen, and they vnto the circumcision.
10Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same.
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29For they had seene before with hym in the citie Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
- Acts 18:18-192 verses71%
18And Paul after this, taried there yet a good whyle, and then toke his leaue of the brethren, & sayled thence into Syria, (Aquila & Priscilla accompanying him) And he shore his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vowe.
19And he came to Ephesus, and left the there, but he hym selfe entred into the synagogue, & reasoned with ye Iewes.
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5Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees, which dyd beleue, saying that it was needefull to circumcise the, and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses.
- Acts 18:3-53 verses70%
3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought (for their craft was to make tentes)
4And he disputed in the synagogue euery Sabboth, and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes.
5And when Silas and Timotheus were come fro Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the spirite to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was Christe.
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27And when he was disposed to go into Achaia, the brethre wrote, exhorting the disciples to receaue hym: Which when he was come, helped them much which had beleued through grace.
- Gal 1:15-162 verses70%
15But when it pleased God, which seperated me from my mothers wombe, & called me by his grace,
16To reueale his sonne by me, that I shoulde by the Gospell preache hym among the Heathen: immediatly I communed not with fleshe and blood:
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17And it came to passe, that after three dayes Paul called ye chiefe of the Iewes together. And whe they were come, he sayde vnto them: Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people, or lawes of the fathers, yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem, into the handes of the Romanes.
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16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth of you to Iurie.
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24The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent:
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7Because that for his names sake they went foorth, and toke nothyng of the gentiles.
- Rom 2:28-292 verses69%
28For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe:
29But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly, and the circumcisio of ye heart, which consisteth in the spirite, and not in the letter is circumcision whose prayse is not of men, but of God.
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3For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe.
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6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra & Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the regio that lieth rounde about:
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5Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee,
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1As they made their iourney thorowe Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Iewes.
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12And when we hearde these thynges, both we and other whiche were of the same place, besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem.
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2And whe he had gone ouer those parties, and had geuen them a long exhortation, he came into Grece.
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1And it came to passe in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Iewes, & so spake, that a great multitude both of the Iewes, & also of the Grekes beleued.
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3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the fleshe:
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1For this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christe, for you heathen:
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19Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God:
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19And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee.
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13Whom I woulde haue retayned with me, that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell:
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8And I say, that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcisio for the trueth of God, to confirme the promise made vnto the fathers:
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14But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
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22Ye knowe the profe of hym, that as a sonne with the father, he hath serued with me in the Gospell.
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10And after he had seene ye visio, immediatly we prepared to go into Macedonia, beyng certified that ye Lorde had called vs, for to preache the Gospel vnto them.