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Passage Lookup: Acts 15:1-21

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Acts 15:1
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(C1)Some men came down from Judea and began teaching (C2)the brothers, "Unless you are (C3)circumcised according to (C4)the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
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Acts 15:2
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And after Paul and Barnabas had (F1)a heated argument and (C1)debate with them, (C2)the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the (C3)apostles and elders concerning this issue.
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Acts 15:3
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Therefore, after being (C1)sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both (C2)Phoenicia and Samaria, (C3)describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all (C4)the brothers and sisters.
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Acts 15:4
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When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, (C1)the apostles, and the elders, and they (C2)reported all that God had done with them.
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Acts 15:5
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But some of (C1)the sect of the (C2)Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, "It is necessary to (C3)circumcise (F1)them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses."
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Acts 15:6
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(C1)The apostles and the elders came together to (F1)look into this (F2)matter.
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Acts 15:7
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After there had been much (C1)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "(F1)Brothers, you know that (F2)in the early days (C2)God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of (C3)the gospel and believe.
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Acts 15:8
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"And God, (C1)who knows the heart, testified to them (C2)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
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Acts 15:9
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and (C1)He made no distinction between us and them, (C2)cleansing their hearts by faith.
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Acts 15:10
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"Since this is the case, why are you (C1)putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which (C2)neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?
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Acts 15:11
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"But we believe that we are saved through (C1)the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."
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Acts 15:12
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All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were (C1)relating all the (C2)signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles.
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Acts 15:13
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After they stopped speaking, (F1)(C1)James responded, saying, "(F2)Brothers, listen to me.
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Acts 15:14
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"(C1)Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles.
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Acts 15:15
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"The words of (C1)the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written:
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Acts 15:16
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'(C1)AFTER THESE THINGS (C2)I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE FALLEN (F1)TABERNACLE OF DAVID, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT,
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Acts 15:17
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(C1)SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL THE GENTILES (F1)(C2)WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,'
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Acts 15:18
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(C1)SAYS THE LORD, WHO (F1)(C2)MAKES THESE THINGS known from long ago.
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Acts 15:19
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"Therefore, it is (C1)my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,
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Acts 15:20
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but that we write to them that they abstain from (F1)(C1)things contaminated by idols, from (C2)acts of sexual immorality, from (C3)what has been (F2)strangled, and from blood.
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Acts 15:21
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"For (C1)from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since (F1)he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
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