 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 580 ページ
...vi. 1 — 3. The apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter (circumcision) ; filed with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue rifle ici God made choice among us, that the Gtc-^ by my mouth should hear the word p; > Gospel, and... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 660 ページ
...privileges attached to the Christian profession, Peter founds his argument on this very principle. "And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as unto us, and pitt no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith." In his... | |
 | 1832 - 400 ページ
...said, John indeed baptized with water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost." (Actsxi. 15,16.) "And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us." (xv. 8.) " He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed... | |
 | Colin D. Standish, Russell R. Standish - 1999 - 180 ページ
...ceremonial law was not obligatory upon Christians: Now, with equal fervor and force, he [Peter] said: "God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as He did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.... | |
 | Herbert Cutner - 2000 - 312 ページ
...Peter's mission to convert the Jews (Gal. ii, 7); while Peter himself claimed that that was not true, "that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe" (Acts xv, 7). Both Paul and Peter claim that Jesus was a "man" ( 1 Tim. ii, 5, and Acts ii, 22), while... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 538 ページ
...ISSUE. HIS EMPHASIS: THE LORD'S WILL (15:7-11) (1) HOW GOD ENLISTED HIM FOR A VERY GREAT TASK (15:7) And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose...mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. The first to speak was Peter. No one in Jerusalem could speak with more authority. He was acknowledged... | |
 | Alonzo T. Jones - 2002 - 220 ページ
...salvation, must be by works of law! But there Peter showed that God had already settled the matter, saying, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago...the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which know eth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; and put... | |
 | William Childers - 2003 - 178 ページ
...work which they fulfilled" (Acts 14:26). In Acts 15, Peter is speaking to the Council of Jerusalem, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago...Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel [good news], and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy... | |
 | Wendy Salyers - 2003 - 116 ページ
...of the original language or to make its meaning clear. A good example of this is found in Acts 15:8, "And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us." The words "he did" are italicized because they have been added. If these words... | |
 | Forrest Wychopen - 2003 - 129 ページ
...It is important to have a heart that is right with God. And such a heart is obtained only by faith. "And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith."... | |
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And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 
