Acts 15:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 15:25 : 25 we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
  • Prov 15:22 : 22 Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.
  • Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”
  • Acts 6:2 : 2 So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said,“It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 When 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.

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  • Acts 15:1-5
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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.

    3So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

    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.”

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    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.

    8And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

  • Acts 15:22-25
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    22Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.

    23They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!

    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,

    25we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

  • 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 11:1-4
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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.

    2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

    3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

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

  • Acts 15:30
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    30So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.

  • Acts 16:4
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    4As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

  • Acts 15:28
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    28For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 15:19
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    19“Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

  • 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 11:30
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    30They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

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

  • Acts 6:6
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    6They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

  • Acts 4:5-6
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    5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.

  • Acts 21:18
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    18The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

  • Mark 6:30
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    30The Feeding of the Five Thousand Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

  • Acts 8:14-15
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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.

    15These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

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

  • Acts 11:22
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    22A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • Acts 6:1-3
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    1The Appointment of the First Seven Deacons Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

    2So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said,“It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

    3But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.

  • Acts 14:23
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    23When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

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

  • Acts 5:34-35
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    34But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

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  • 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 15:13
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    13After they stopped speaking, James replied,“Brothers, listen to me.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

  • Gal 2:12
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    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.

  • Acts 5:21
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    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

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    1Well-Deserved Judgment Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.