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After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.

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And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

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highlighted Acts 15:11 ESV

But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."

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highlighted Acts 15:10 ESV

Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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highlighted Acts 15:9 ESV

and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.

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highlighted Acts 15:8 ESV

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

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And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

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highlighted Acts 15:6 ESV

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.

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highlighted Acts 15:5 ESV

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."

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highlighted Acts 15:4 ESV

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.

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highlighted Acts 15:3 ESV

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.

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highlighted Acts 15:2 ESV

And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.

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highlighted Acts 15:1 ESV

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

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highlighted Acts 14:27-28 ESV

And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

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highlighted Acts 14:26 ESV

and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

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highlighted Acts 14:24-25 ESV

Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

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highlighted Acts 14:23 ESV

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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highlighted Acts 14:22 ESV

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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highlighted Acts 14:20 ESV

But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

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highlighted Acts 14:19 ESV

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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