Acts 15:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.
  • Prov 15:22 : 22 ¶ Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
  • Matt 18:20 : 20 ‹For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.›
  • Acts 6:2 : 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

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    1¶ And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

    2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

    3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

    4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

    5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses.

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

    8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;

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    22¶ Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

    23And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

    24Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no [such] commandment:

    25It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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    15¶ But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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    1¶ And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

    2And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

    3Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

    4But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and expounded [it] by order unto them, saying,

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    30So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

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    4And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

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  • Acts 6:12
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    19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

  • Acts 1:15
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    15¶ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

  • Acts 11:30
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    30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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    6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.

  • Acts 4:5-6
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    5¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

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    14¶ Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

    15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

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    22Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

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    34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

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