Acts 21:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue, we haue written and concluded, that they obserue no suche thyng, saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles, & from blood, and from strangled, & from fornication.

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  • Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication: From which yf ye kepe your selues, ye shall do well. So fare ye well.
  • Acts 15:19-20 : 19 Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God: 20 But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood.

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  • Acts 15:19-20
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    19Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God:

    20But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood.

  • Acts 15:28-30
    3 verses
    86%

    28For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges That is to say

    29That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication: From which yf ye kepe your selues, ye shall do well. So fare ye well.

    30Nowe therfore, when they were departed, they came to Antioche, and gathered the multitude together, and delyuered the epistle.

  • Acts 21:21-24
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    22What is it therefore? The multitude must needes come together: For they shall heare that thou art come.

    23Do therfore this that we saye to thee. We haue foure men, which haue a vow on them:

    24Them take, & purifie thy selfe with them, and do coste on them, that they may shaue their heades: And all shall knowe, that those thynges whiche they haue hearde concernyng thee, are nothyng, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.

  • Acts 21:26
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    26Then Paul toke the men, and the next day purifiyng hym selfe with them, entred into the temple, declaryng the accomplishement of the dayes of the purification, vntyll that an offeryng should be offered for euery one of them.

  • Acts 15:24-25
    2 verses
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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:

    25It seemed therfore to vs a good thing, when we were come together with one accorde, to sende chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 10:28
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    28And he said vnto the: Ye knowe how that it is an vnlawful thyng for a man that is a Iew, to companie or come vnto one of another natio: But God hath shewed me, that I shoulde not call any man common or vncleane.

  • Acts 16:21
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    21And preache ordinaunces, which are not lawfull for vs to receaue, neither to obserue, seeyng we are Romanes.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is euyll for that man, which eateth with offence.

    21It is good neither to eate fleshe, neither to drinke wine, neither any thyng wherby thy brother stumbleth, either falleth, or is made weake.

  • 1 Cor 7:19
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    19Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundementes of God.

  • Rom 14:14
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    14For I knowe, and am perswaded by the Lorde Iesus, that there is nothyng common of it selfe: but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be common, to hym is it common.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth.

  • 1 Cor 10:27
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    27If any of them which beleue not, byd you to a feast and ye be disposed to go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

  • 1 Cor 5:9-10
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    9I wrote vnto you in an epistle, that ye should not companie with fornicatours:

    10And I meant not at all with the fornicatours of this worlde, or with the couetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then must ye needes haue gone out of the world.

  • Acts 15:5-6
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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.

    6And the Apostles and elders came together, for to consider of this matter.

  • Acts 15:1
    68%

    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.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had saluted them, he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.

  • Acts 15:9
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    9And put no difference betwene vs and them, purifiyng their heartes by fayth.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

  • Acts 16:3-4
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    68%

    3Paul 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.

    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.

  • 1 Cor 10:19
    68%

    19What say I then? that the idol is any thyng? Or that it which is offered to idols is any thyng?

  • Col 2:21
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    21Touche not, taste not, handle not?

  • 1 Cor 10:32
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    32See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God.

  • Gal 2:3
    68%

    3But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised,

  • Acts 14:18
    67%

    18And with these sayinges, scarce refrayned they the people, that they had not done sacrifice vnto them.

  • 1 Pet 4:3-4
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    3For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe, after the wyll of the gentiles, walkyng in wantonnesse, lustes, in excesse of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynkyng, and abominable idolatrie.

    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • Gal 2:12
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25Whatsoeuer is solde in the market, that eate, and aske no question for conscience sake.

  • Acts 11:3
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    3Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.

  • 1 Thess 2:16
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    16And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost.

  • 1 Cor 8:7
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    7But euery man hath not knowledge: For some hauing conscience of the idol vntill this houre, eate as a thing offred vnto idols, and so their conscience being weake, is defiled.

  • Acts 28:21
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    21And they said vnto him: We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee, neither any of the brethren that came, shewed or spake any harme of thee.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17This I say therfore, and testifie in the Lorde, that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke, in vanitie of their mynde:

  • 1 Thess 4:3
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    3For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:

  • Acts 15:11
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    11But we beleue, that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe, we shalbe saued, euen as they.

  • Acts 18:6
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    6And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.

  • Gal 2:14
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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?

  • 1 Cor 8:4
    67%

    4As concerning the eating of those thinges that are offered vnto idols, we are sure that an idoll is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.