Acts 13:43

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

And religious

Acts 2:10

Acts 6:5

Followed

Acts 17:34

Acts 19:9

The grace

General references

Luke 12:52

Bible References

And religious

Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya about Cyrene, foreigners from Rome, Jews, and proselytes,

this proposition pleased the whole assembly: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.

Followed

however, there were some who adher'd to him, as Denis the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

but some of them being such obdurate infidels as to inveigh against the institution before the populace, he retired, and taking the disciples with him, he instructed them daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

The grace

however the apostles stay'd there a considerable time, being inspir'd with great resolution by the Lord, who gave his attestation to the evangelical doctrine, by the prodigys and miracles, which he did by their hands.

being justified by his unmerited favour through the redemption that is by Jesus Christ:

who has given us access by faith to that degree of favour, we are in, by which we triumph in the hopes of divine glory.

and if it be by favour, it is not upon the account of merit. for then mercy would not be mercy.

Christ is of no use to you, whoever of you seek to be justified by the law; you have lost all interest in the gospel-dispensation.

for by grace are ye saved, thro' faith (and that not from us:

For the divine savour has display'd its salutary effects to all mankind:

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

I formerly writ to you a short epistle, by Silvanus, I think, a faithful brother, to declare and testify to you, that the true dispensation of God is that to which you are attach'd.

General references

for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three.