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Acts 15:9-19
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Acts 15:9-19
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He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith.
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So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?
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We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”
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Everyone listened quietly as Barnabas and Paul told about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
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When they had finished, James stood and said, “Brothers, listen to me.
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Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself.
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And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written:
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‘Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,
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so that the rest of humanity might seek the LORD, including the Gentiles— all those I have called to be mine. The LORD has spoken—
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he who made these things known so long ago.’
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“And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
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[a].
Greek disciples.
[b].
Greek Simeon.
[c].
Or kingdom; Greek reads tent.
[d].
Amos 9:11-12 (Greek version); Isa 45:21 .
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