Acts 15:24

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Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certaine which went out from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, and cumbred your mindes, saying, Ye must be circumcised and keepe the Lawe: to whom we gaue no such commaundement,

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  • Acts 15:1 : 1 Then came downe certaine from Iudea, and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moses, ye cannot be saued.
  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shal beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.
  • Gal 5:12 : 12 Would to God they were euen cut off, which doe disquiet you.
  • Gal 1:7 : 7 Which is not another Gospel, saue that there be some which trouble you, and intend to peruert the Gospel of Christ.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many disobedient & vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they should haue continued with vs. But this cometh to passe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.
  • Jer 23:16 : 16 Thus sayth ye Lord of hosts, Heare not the wordes of the prophets that prophecie vnto you, and teach you vanitie: they speake the vision of their owne heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lorde.
  • Gal 2:3-4 : 3 But neither yet Titus which was with me, though he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised, 4 To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.
  • Acts 15:9-9 : 9 And he put no difference betweene vs and them, after that by faith he had purified their heartes. 10 Nowe therefore, why tempt ye God, to lay a yoke on the disciples neckes, which neither our fathers, nor we were able to beare?
  • Gal 6:12-13 : 12 As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ. 13 For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh.
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, and protest before the Lord, that they striue not about wordes, which is to no profit, but to the peruerting of the hearers.

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    25It seemed therefore good to vs, when we were come together with one accord, to send chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 15:1-2
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    1Then came downe certaine from Iudea, and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moses, ye cannot be saued.

    2And when there was great dissension, and disputation by Paul and Barnabas against them, they ordeyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certaine other of them, should goe vp to Hierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders about this question.

  • Acts 15:23
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    23And wrote letters by them after this maner, The Apostles, and the Elders, and the brethren, vnto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antiochia, and in Syria, and in Cilicia, send greeting.

  • Acts 15:27-30
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    27We haue therefore sent Iudas and Silas, which shall also tell you ye same things by mouth.

    28For it seemed good to the holy Ghost, and to vs, to lay no more burden vpon you, then these necessary things,

    29That is, that ye absteine from things offered to idoles, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keepe your selues, ye shall doe well. Fare ye well.

    30Nowe when they were departed, they came to Antiochia, and after that they had assembled the multitude, they deliuered the Epistle.

  • Acts 15:19-20
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    19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them of the Gentiles that are turned to God,

    20But that we send vnto them, that they absteine themselues from filthinesse of idoles, and fornication, and that that is strangled, and from blood.

  • Acts 15:4-6
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    4And when they were come to Hierusalem, they were receiued of the Church, and of the Apostles and Elders, and they declared what things God had done by them.

    5But said they, certaine of the sect of the Pharises, which did beleeue, rose vp, saying, that it was needefull to circumcise them, and to commaunde them to keepe the lawe of Moses.

    6Then the Apostles and Elders came together to looke to this matter.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21Then they saide vnto him, We neither receiued letters out of Iudea concerning thee, neither came any of the brethren that shewed or spake any euill of thee.

    22But we will heare of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoken against.

  • Acts 21:21
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    21Now they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes, which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they ought not to circumcise their sonnes, neither to liue after the customes.

  • Gal 1:7-8
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    7Which is not another Gospel, saue that there be some which trouble you, and intend to peruert the Gospel of Christ.

    8But though that we, or an Angel from heauen preach vnto you otherwise, then that which we haue preached vnto you, let him be accursed.

  • Acts 16:3-4
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    3Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Grecian.

    4And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles & Elders, which were at Hierusalem.

  • Acts 21:23-25
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    23Doe therefore this that we say to thee. We haue foure men, which haue made a vowe,

    24Them take, and purifie thy selfe with them, and contribute with them, that they may shaue their heads: and all shall knowe, that those things, whereof they haue bene informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and keepest the Lawe.

    25For as touching ye Gentiles, which beleeue, we haue written, & determined that they obserue no such thing, but that they keepe themselues from things offred to idoles, and from blood, and from that that is strangled, and from fornication.

  • Acts 16:20-21
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    20And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

    21And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

  • Gal 2:3-5
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    3But neither yet Titus which was with me, though he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised,

    4To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.

    5To whom we gaue not place by subiection for an houre, that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shal beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?

  • Gal 5:12
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    12Would to God they were euen cut off, which doe disquiet you.

  • Acts 15:10
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    10Nowe therefore, why tempt ye God, to lay a yoke on the disciples neckes, which neither our fathers, nor we were able to beare?

  • 1 Thess 2:15-16
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    15Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,

    16And forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentiles, that they might be saued, to fulfill their sinnes alwayes: for the wrath of God is come on them, to the vtmost.

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    2For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    12As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ.

    13For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh.

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    28Saying, Did not we straightly commaund you, that ye should not teach in this Name? & behold, ye haue filled Hierusale with your doctrine, and ye would bring this mans blood vpon vs.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commaundements of men, that turne away from the trueth.

  • Acts 11:2-3
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    2And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him,

    3Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33And after they had taried there a space, they were let goe in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles.

  • 2 Thess 3:6
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    6We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

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    2And the vnbeleeuing Iewes stirred vp, and corrupted the mindes of the Gentiles against the brethren.

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    22Then tydings of those things came vnto the eares of the Church, which was in Hierusalem, and they sent foorth Barnabas, that he should goe vnto Antiochia.

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    15And after the lecture of the Law & Prophets, the rulers of ye Synagogue sent vnto them, saying, Ye men & brethren, if ye haue any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

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    12And when we had heard these things, both we and other of the same place besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem.

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    30Which thing they also did, and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Gal 2:12
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    12For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision.