Acts 15:9

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Summary

Acts 15:9

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Put

Purifying

General references

Acts 10:47

Bible References

Put

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Purifying

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

General references

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?