Acts 15:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

Received

3 John 1:8

All

2 Corinthians 6:1

Bible References

Received

Because he wished to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival he rendered great service to those who through God's favor had believed,

When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers there gave us a hearty welcome.

"Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes Him who sent me.

Therefore, practice receiving one another into full Christian fellowship, just as Christ has so received you to Himself.

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you; and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas; if he comes to see you, give him a hearty welcome.

If anyone continuously comes to see you without bringing this teaching, you must stop welcoming him to your house and stop bidding him good morning,

So we ought to show hospitality to such men, to prove that we cooperate with them for the truth.

All

So they were endorsed and sent on by the church, and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told of the conversion of the heathen and brought great rejoicing to all the brothers.

On arriving there they called the church together, and in detail reported to them all that God had done through them as instruments, and how He had opened to the heathen the door of faith.

Paul first greeted them and then gave them a detailed account of what God had done among the heathen through his service.

For I would venture to mention only what Christ has accomplished through me in bringing the heathen peoples to obedience, by word and by work,

But by God's unmerited favor I have become what I am, and His unmerited favor shown to me was not bestowed for nothing, for I have toiled more extensively than any of them, and yet it was not I but God's unmerited favor working with me.

For it was through Christ that God was reconciling the world to Himself instead of debiting men's offenses against them, and He has committed to me the message of this reconciliation.

As God's fellow-worker I beg you too not to accept God's favor and throw it away.