Acts 16:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore 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.

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  • Gal 2:3 : 3 But neither yet Titus which was with me, though he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised,
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
  • Gal 2:8 : 8 (For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)
  • Gal 5:1-3 : 1 Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage. 2 Beholde, I Paul say vnto you, that if yee be circumcised, Christ shall profite you nothing. 3 For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we send vnto them, that they absteine themselues from filthinesse of idoles, and fornication, and that that is strangled, and from blood.
  • Acts 15:37 : 37 And Barnabas counselled to take with them Iohn, called Marke.
  • Acts 15:40 : 40 And Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended of the brethren vnto the grace of God.
  • 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandements of God.
  • 1 Cor 9:20 : 20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 2:3-4
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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.

  • Acts 16:1-2
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    1Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: and beholde, a certaine disciple was there named Timotheus, a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleeued, but his father was a Grecian,

    2Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.

  • 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.

  • Acts 16:4
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    4And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles & Elders, which were at Hierusalem.

  • Acts 21:21
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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.

  • Acts 9:30
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    30But when the brethren knewe it, they brought him to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

  • Acts 15:1-2
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    71%

    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 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.

  • 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.

  • Gal 2:7-10
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    7But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter:

    8(For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

    9And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of felowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision,

    10Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

  • Acts 21:29
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    29For they had seene before Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the citie, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the Temple.

  • Acts 18:18-19
    2 verses
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    18But when Paul had taried there yet a good while, hee tooke leaue of the brethren, and sailed into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila) after that he had shorne his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vowe.

    19Then hee came to Ephesus, and left them there: but hee entred into the Synagogue and disputed with the Iewes.

  • Acts 15:5
    71%

    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.

  • Acts 18:3-5
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    70%

    3And because hee was of the same crafte, he abode with them and wrought (for their crafte was to make tentes.)

    4And he disputed in the Synagogue euery Sabbath day, and exhorted the Iewes, and the Grecians.

    5Now when Silas & Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul, forced in spirit, testified to the Iewes that Iesus was the Christ.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27And when hee was minded to goe into Achaia, the brethren exhorting him, wrote to the disciples to receiue him: and after hee was come thither, he holpe them much which had beleeued through grace.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    70%

    15But when it pleased God (which had separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace)

    16To reueile his Sonne in me, that I should preach him among the Gentiles, immediatly I communicated not with flesh and blood:

  • Acts 28:17
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    17And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deliuered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
    70%

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • Acts 15:24
    70%

    24Forasmuch 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,

  • 3 John 1:7
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    7Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.

  • Rom 2:28-29
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    28For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Iewe which is one wtin, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the spirite not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  • Gal 5:3
    69%

    3For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe.

  • Acts 14:6
    69%

    6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,

  • Phil 3:5
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    5Circumcised the eight day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrewe of the Ebrewes, by the Lawe a Pharise.

  • Acts 17:1
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    1Nowe as they passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a Synagogue of the Iewes.

  • Acts 21:12
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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.

  • Acts 20:2
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    2And when hee had gone through those parts, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Grecia.

  • Acts 14:1
    69%

    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 and of the Grecians beleeued.

  • Phil 3:3
    69%

    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the flesh:

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,

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

  • Acts 22:19
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    19Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

  • Rom 15:8
    68%

    8Nowe I say, that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the trueth of God, to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers.

  • Gal 2:14
    68%

    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?

  • Phil 2:22
    68%

    22But yee knowe the proofe of him, that as a sonne with the father, hee hath serued with me in the Gospel.

  • Acts 16:10
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    10And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.