Acts 11:2

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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

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  • Acts 10:45 : 45 The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
  • Acts 15:1 : 1 The Jerusalem Council Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”
  • Acts 21:20-23 : 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law. 21 They have been informed about you– that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. 22 What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come. 23 So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;
  • Gal 2:12-14 : 12 Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  • Acts 10:9 : 9 About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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  • Acts 11:3-4
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    3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

    4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

  • Gal 2:11-12
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    11Paul Rebukes Peter But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

    12Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

  • Gal 2:7-9
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    7On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised

    8(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

    9and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

  • Acts 15:1-2
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    1The Jerusalem Council Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

    2When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

  • Acts 11:1
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    1Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

  • Acts 15:4-7
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    4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

    5But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”

    6Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

    7After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,“Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

  • Acts 10:45-46
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    45The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

    46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

  • Acts 10:27
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    27Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

  • Acts 10:23-25
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    23So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

    24The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

    25So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

  • Acts 10:17
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    17Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.

  • Acts 11:11-12
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    11At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

    12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

  • Gal 1:18
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    18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

  • Acts 16:3
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    3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

  • Acts 12:16
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    16Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

  • Gal 2:3
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    3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

  • Acts 10:8-9
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    8and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

    9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

  • Acts 12:11
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    11When Peter came to himself, he said,“Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

  • Acts 21:17
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    17When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.

  • Acts 10:21
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    21So Peter went down to the men and said,“Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

  • Acts 8:14
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    14Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  • Acts 21:22
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    22What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

  • Acts 4:15
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    15But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

  • Acts 2:10
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    10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

  • Acts 12:18
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    18At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

  • Mark 11:27
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    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • Gal 6:12
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    12Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

  • Acts 2:37
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    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

  • Rom 2:27-28
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    27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

    28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

  • Acts 6:9
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    9But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

  • Acts 11:7
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    7I also heard a voice saying to me,‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’