Acts 16:3
Paul wolde that the same shulde go forth with him, and toke and circumcysed him because of the Iewes that were in those quarters. For they knewe all, that his father was a Greke.
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- Gal 2:3 : 3 But Titus which was also with me, was not compelled to be circucysed, though he was a Greke:
- Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Iesu nether is circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision, but faith which by loue is mightie in operacion.
- Gal 2:8 : 8 (For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen)
- Gal 5:1-3 : 1 Stonde fast therfore in the libertye wherwith Christ hath made vs fre, and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage. 2 Beholde, I Paul saye vnto you: Yf ye be circumcysed, Christ profiteth you nothinge at all. 3 I testifye agayne vnto euery man which is circumcysed, that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe.
- Acts 15:20 : 20 but to wryte vnto them, that they absteyne them selues from fylthynesse of Idols, from whordome, and from strangled, and bloude.
- Acts 15:37 : 37 But Barnabas gaue councell, that they shulde take with the Ihon, whose syrname was Marke.
- Acts 15:40 : 40 But Paul chose Sylas, and departed, beynge comytted of the brethren vnto the grace of God.
- 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothinge, and vncircumcision is nothinge, but the kepynge of the commaundementes of God.
- 1 Cor 9:20 : 20 Vnto the Iewes I am become as a Iewe, to wynne ye Iewes. To them that are vnder the lawe, I am become as though I were vnder the lawe, to wynne them which are vnder the lawe.
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- Gal 2:3-42 verses78%
3But Titus which was also with me, was not compelled to be circucysed, though he was a Greke:
4and that because of certayne incommers beynge false brethre, which came in amoge other, to spye out oure libertye, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they mighte brynge vs in to bondage:
- Acts 16:1-22 verses74%
1He came vnto Derba and to Lystra, and beholde, a certayne disciple was there named Timotheus, the sonne of a Iewish woman, which beleued, but his father was a Greke:
2ye same had a good reporte amonge the brethre of Lystra and at Iconium.
- Gal 6:12-132 verses74%
12They that wil please in the flesh, constrayne you to be circumcysed, onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ.
13For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh.
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4But as they wente thorow the cities, they delyuered them the sentence to kepe, which was concluded of the Apostles and Elders at Ierusalem.
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21But they are enfourmed agaynst the, that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amoge the Heythe, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they oughte not to circumcyse their children, ner to walke after the same custome.
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30Whan the brethren knewe yt, they brought him to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tharsis.
- Acts 15:1-22 verses71%
1And there came certayne fro Iewry, and taughte the brethren: Excepte ye be circumcysed after the maner of Moses, ye can not be saued.
2Now wha there rose a discesion, and Paul and Barnabas had set them selues harde agaynst them, they ordeyned, that Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of them shulde go vp to Ierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders, aboute this questio.
- Acts 11:2-32 verses71%
2And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem, they that were of the circucision, chode with him,
3and sayde: Thou wentest in to men that are vncircumcysed, and hast eaten with them.
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12For afore there came certayne from Iames, he ate with the Heythe. But wha they were come, he withdrue and separated himselfe, fearinge the which were of the circumcision.
- Gal 2:7-104 verses71%
7but contrary wyse, whan they sawe that the Gospell ouer the vncircumcision was comytted vnto me, as ye Gospell ouer ye circucision was commytted vnto Peter.
8(For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen)
9they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me. Iames and Cephas and Ihon, which semed to be pilers, gaue me and Barnabas ye righte handes, and agreed with vs, that we shulde preach amonge the Heythe, and they amonge the Iewes:
10onely that we shulde remebre the poore, which thinge also I was diligent to do.
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29For they had sene Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the cite, him they thoughte yt Paul had broughte in to the temple.
- Acts 18:18-192 verses71%
18Paul after yt he had taried a good whyle, toke his leue of the brethren, and sayled in to Syria, Priscilla & Aquila bearinge him company. And he shore his heade at Cenchrea (for he had a vowe)
19& came downe to Ephesus, & lefte them there. But he himselfe wete in to the synagoge, and reasoned with the Iewes.
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5Then rose there vp certayne of the secte of ye Pharises (which beleued) and sayde: They must be circumcysed and comaunded, to kepe the lawe of Moses.
- Acts 18:3-53 verses70%
3And because he was of the same crafte, he abode with the, and wroughte. Their crafte was to make tentes.
4And he preached in the synagoge euery Sabbath daye, and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes.
5Whan Sylas and Timotheus were come fro Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the sprete to testifye vnto ye Iewes, that Iesus was very Christ.
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27But whan he wolde go in to Achaia, the brethren wrote, and exorted the disciples to receaue him. And whan he was come thither, he helped them moch which beleued thorow grace.
- Gal 1:15-162 verses70%
15But whan it pleased God which separated me fro my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace,
16for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude:
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17After thre dayes it fortuned, yt Paul called ye chefe of ye Iewes together. And wha they were come, he sayde vnto the: Ye me & brethre I haue comytted nothinge agaynst or people, ner agaynst ye lawes of ye fathers, yet was I boude, delyuered out of Ierusale in to ye Romaynes hades:
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16& to passe by you in to Macedonia, & to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you & to be led forth to Iewrye warde of you.
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24For so moch as we haue herde that certayne of oures are departed, and haue troubled you, and combred youre myndes, sayenge: ye must be circumcysed, and kepe ye lawe (to whom we gaue no soch commaundemet)
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7For because of his names sake they wente forth, and toke nothinge of the Heythen.
- Rom 2:28-292 verses69%
28For he is not a Iew which is a Iewe outwarde: nether is that circucision which is done outwardly in ye flesh:
29But he is a Iewe, which is hydd within. And the circumcision of ye hert is the circumcision, which is done in the sprete and not in the letter: Whoseprayse is not of men, but of God.
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3I testifye agayne vnto euery man which is circumcysed, that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe.
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6they perceaued it, and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of ye countre of Licaonia, and vnto ye region that lyeth rounde aboute,
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5which was circucysed on the eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues: as concernynge the lawe a Pharise:
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1As they made their iourney thorow Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagoge of the Iewes.
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12Whan we herhe this, both we and they that were of the same place, besoughte him, that he wolde not go vp to Ierusalem.
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2And whan he had gone thorow those partes, and exhorted them with many wordes, he came into Grekelonde,
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1It fortuned at Iconium, that they wete both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes, and spake so, that a greate multitude of the Iewes & of the Grekes beleued.
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3for we are the circumcision, euen we that serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in Christ Iesu, and haue no confidence in the flesh,
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1For this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen,
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19Wherfore my sentence is, that they which from amonge the Heythen are turned vnto God, be not disquyeted,
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19And I sayde: LORDE, they the selues knowe that I put in preson and bett in euery synagoge them that beleued on the.
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13For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me, that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in ye bondes of ye Gospell:
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8But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister of the circumcision for the trueth of God, to cofirme the promyses made vnto the fathers,
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14But whan I sawe that they walked not right after ye trueth of the Gospell, I sayde vnto Peter openly before all: Yf thou beynge a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the Gentyles, and not as do the Iewes, why causest thou the Gentyles then to lyue as do the Iewes?
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22But ye knowe the profe of him: for as a childe vnto the father, so hath he mynistred vnto me in the Gospell.
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10Whan he had sene ye vision, we soughte immediatly to go, vnto Macedonia, beynge certified, that ye LORDE had called vs thither, to preach the Gospell vnto them.