Acts 15
Treated in 37 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 15:9 He made no difference at all between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts by faith. 11
- 15:39 The quarrel grew so heated that the two of them parted ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed off to Cyprus, 5
- 15:36 Some days later Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us go back and look in on the brothers and sisters in every town where we announced the word of the Lord, and find out how they are doing." 4
- 15:1 Some people came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers and sisters, "Unless you are circumcised as the custom of Moses requires, there is no way for you to be saved." 3
- 15:10 So why are you now putting God to the test? You would lay on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we ourselves have had the strength to carry. 3
- 15:5 Then some from the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and insisted, "These Gentiles have to be circumcised, and they must be ordered to keep the law of Moses." 2
- 15:7 After a long debate, Peter rose and spoke to them: "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made his choice among you: through my mouth the Gentiles were to hear the message of the gospel and come to believe. 2
- 15:8 God, who knows every heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, as he did for us as well. 2
- 15:14 Simeon has explained how God first looked with favor on the Gentiles, to take from among them a people to bear his name. 2
- 15:18 things made known long ago.' 2
- 15:19 So my judgment is that we should not make things hard for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 2
- 15:37 Barnabas wanted to bring John, also called Mark, with them too. 2
- 15:38 But Paul did not think it right to take with them a man who had left them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. 2
- 15:40 while Paul picked Silas and set out, after the brothers and sisters had commended him to the grace of the Lord. 2
- 15:11 No, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, and they are saved in just the same way." 1
- 15:20 Instead we should write to them that they keep away from what idols have defiled, from sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood. 1
- 15:28 The Holy Spirit and we ourselves have decided to place on you no burden beyond these essentials: 1
- 15:35 Paul and Barnabas, though, stayed on in Antioch. Along with many others, they taught the word of the Lord and proclaimed it as good news. 1
- 15:41 He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches strong. 1
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Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 10 — Of the Power of Making Laws cites Acts 15:20
…pollution of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood” (Acts 15:20, 29). We have already explained, how, in order to extol themselves, they falsely assume…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 2 cites Acts 15:39
…runs thus, “And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder.” (Acts 15:39.) This naturally induces the reader to suppose, that they were equally sharp therein…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites Acts 15:1
…they could not be saved i.e., they could not be saved by simple faith in Jesus (Acts 15:1). These young converts in Galatia became all upset. They did not know whether they were…
- The Big Story ·
To the Ends of the Earth cites Acts 15:1
…“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved” (Acts 15:1). The argument was so serious that the church held a meeting in Jerusalem, around AD 49…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Way to the Kingdom cites Acts 15:1
…ye be circumcised, and keep the law,” (the whole ritual law,) “ye cannot be saved.” (Acts 15:1, 24.) 3. In opposition to these, the Apostle declares, both here and in many other…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 5 cites Acts 15:5
…vehemently withstood those who taught that Christians ought “to keep the law of Moses;” (Acts 15:5; ) not only St. Peter, who termed the insisting on this, on the observance of the ritual…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Faith cites Acts 15:5
…may wash the outside, faith washes the inside. ‘Having purified their hearts by faith.’ Acts 15:5. Faith makes the heart a sacristy or holy of holiest. Faith is a virgin-grace: though it…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 6 — Of the Primacy of the Romish See cites Acts 15:7
…Peter held among the apostles, how he acted among them, how he was received by them (Acts 15:7). Run over all these passages, and the utmost you will find is, that Peter was one of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New cites Acts 15:8
…they were endued with the same spirit of faith by which we are regenerated to life (Acts 15:8). When we hear that that spirit, which is, as it were, a kind of spark of immortality in…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
General rules, without which no lust will be mortified cites Acts xv. 9
…the doing of it that hath not that instrument. Now, it is faith that purifies the heart, Acts xv. 9; or, as Peter speaks, we “purify our souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit,” 1…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Second Stage cites Acts 15:9
…faith of it, and consequently fit for the King of glory to inhabit. John 15:3; Eph. 5:26; Acts 15:9; Rom. 16:25,26. I saw moreover in my dream, that the Interpreter took him by the hand…
- Holy in Christ ·
Holiness and Cleansing cites Acts xv. 9
…let us cleanse ourselves.’ The cleansing is sometimes spoken of as the work of God (Acts xv. 9; 1 John i. 9); sometimes as that of Christ (John xv. 3; Eph. v. 26; Tit. ii. 14). Here we…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.1 Faith cites Acts 15: 9
…may wash the outside, but faith washes the inside. ‘Purifying their hearts by faith.’ Acts 15: 9. Faith makes the heart a temple with this inscription, ‘Holiness to the Lord.’ They whose…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites Acts 15:9
…26. He, therefore, who liveth in true believers, hath “purified their hearts by faith;” [Acts 15:9] insomuch that every one that hath Christ in him the hope of glory, [Col. 1:27]…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Acts 15:9
…Spirit declared by the mouth of Peter, that it is by faith alone the heart is purified (Acts 15:9). Hence it is evident, that the primary foundation is in true and living faith. 9. Let us…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Sanctification cites Acts 15:9
…the heart. (2.) Get faith in Christ’s blood. ‘Having purified their hearts by faith.’ Acts 15:9. She in the gospel who touched the hem of Christ’s garment was healed. A touch of faith…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 14 — Of the Sacraments cites Acts 15:9
…in the Acts of the Apostles, we have the expression, “Purify their hearts by faith” (Acts 15:9). And the Apostle Peter says, “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth now save us…
- Old Paths ·
The Heart cites Acts xv. 9
…as its physician, guardian, husband, and friend. (d) A right heart is a purified heart. (Acts xv. 9; Matt, v. 8.) It loves holiness, and hates sin. It strives daily to cleanse itself from…
- Old Paths ·
Faith! cites Acts. xv. 9
…God “purifies the heart by faith and, “Whoso hath this hope in him, purifieth himself.” (Acts. xv. 9; 1 John iii. 3.) A believer loves what God loves, and hates what God hates. His heart’s…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Acts xv. 10
…of the apostles, was a yoke which neither we nor our fathers (in the faith) could bear, Acts xv. 10; wherefore Christ “blotted out this hand-writing of ordinances that was against them…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Guiding the Believer into a Life as a Son cites Acts 15:10
…to the Jews of his time, that neither they nor their fathers had been able to bear it (Acts 15:10). Many Christians have a long list of self-made rules, and if by any chance they break…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 5 — Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction cites Acts 15:11
…by it alone, not by the merit of their own life or death, as Peter distinctly testifies (Acts 15:11); so that it is an insult to God and his Anointed to place the worthiness of any saint in…
- The Life of Trust ·
The Scriptural Knowledge Institution cites Acts xv. 14
…I only refer to the following: Matt. xiii. 24-30, and verses 36-43, 2 Tim. iii. 1-13, Acts xv. 14. A hearty desire for the conversion of sinners, and earnest prayer for it to the Lord, is…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix A: Scripture Texts That Moulded George Müller cites Acts xv. 14
…how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name." (Acts xv. 14. Comp. Matt. xiii. 24-30, 36-43.) "This know also, that in the last days perilous times…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Acts 15:18
…is represented as saying that Jehovah is "perfect in knowledge." Along the same line, in Acts 15:18 we read: "Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world." The Revised…
- Freedom of the Will ·
Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Acts xv. 18
…Volition of moral Agents, that cannot be true which is observed by the apostle James, (Acts xv. 18.) “Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.” Corol. 2. It…
- The Gospel of Healing ·
The Scriptural Foundation cites Acts xv. 19
…the one who had authority to say, in summing up the decrees of the Council at Jerusalem (Acts xv. 19), "My sentence is;" the man who is named first by Paul himself among the Pillars of the…
- The Gospel of Healing ·
Scripture Testimonies cites Acts xv. 19
…God was glorified, and Paul gave Him all the glory. PAUL'S OWN EXPERIENCE OF HEALING. Acts xv. 19; II. Cor. i. and iv. It was not long till the great Apostle had occasion to prove his own…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Mystery of Iniquity cites Acts 15:28
…offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.” (Acts 15:28, 29.) Yet was not this evil so thoroughly suppressed, but that it frequently broke out…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God cites Acts 15:35
…and to be his fellow-labourer in every place; — nevertheless, was afterward so sharp, (Acts 15:35, 39, ) in his contention with St. Paul, (because he “thought it not good to take with…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Inquiry cites Acts xv. 36
…brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do."—Acts xv. 36. The text which heads this page contains a proposal which the Apostle Paul made to…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On Charity cites Acts 15:36
…St. Paul, for fear his practice should appear to contradict his doctrine? For we read, (Acts 15:36, et seq.,) “And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our…
- C. T. Studd (For Teens) ·
A Sharp Contention cites Acts 15:39
…one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus” — Acts 15:39 (ASV) In 1919 the mission took a new name at home, the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
A Sharp Contention cites Acts 15:39
…one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus” — Acts 15:39, ASV The Hardest Chapter Every honest account of Studd’s life has to reach this point…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Second cites Acts xv. 7-10
…the law, who are pressed down under the law as a burthen intolerable, as Peter saith, Acts xv. 7-10, is to be at an end; and that they being freed from the law, are to be translated into…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 15:36-40
…led her to leave, and in 1963 to return home. Scriptures to revisit 2 Corinthians 5:17; Acts 15:36-40; Philippians 4:2-3. Reflection 1. How do you respond when Christian work is marred by…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 15:36-41
…can harden into vices, and how God works even through quarrels. Scriptures to revisit Acts 15:36-41; 2 Timothy 4:11; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; 3 John 9-10. Reflection 1. When has disagreement…