Acts 15:2 Cross References - Anderson

² Therefore, after Paul and Barnabas had no little dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from among them, should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

²³ Then he called them in, and lodged them. On the morrow he arose, and went with them; and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

¹² And the Spirit commanded me to go with them without hesitation. And these six brethren accompanied me. And we entered the man's house:

³⁰ which also they did; and they sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

⁴ When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles and elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.

⁶ And the apostles and elders came together to deliberate about this matter. ⁷ And after there had been much disputing, Peter arose, and said to them: Brethren, you know that, at the beginning, God made choice among us, that, by my mouth, the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.

²² Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves; Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren; ²³ and they wrote by their hands as follows: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

²⁵ it has seemed good to us, having come together with one mind, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁷ We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, who will tell you the same things in word.

⁴ And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been resolved on by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, that they might keep them.

¹⁸ And, on the following day, Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

¹ PAUL, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Sostlienes my brother,

¹⁹ For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made my self a servant to all, that I may gain the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those who are under law, as under law, (not being myself under law,) that I might gain those who are under law; ²¹ to those who are without law, as without law, (not being myself without law to God, but under law to Christ,) that I might gain those who are without law: ²² to the weak I became like one who was weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some. ²³ And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may share its benefits with you.

⁵ I count myself indeed to be in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles.

⁶ I am astonished that you are so soon turning away from him that called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel: ⁷ which is nothing else than that there are some who trouble you, and are determined to pervert the gospel of the Christ. ⁸ But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach to you any other gospel than that which we have preached, let him be ac cursed. ⁹ As we said before, so even now I say again, if any one preaches to you any other gospel than that which you have received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰ For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

¹ Then, fourteen years after, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me. ² And I went up because of a revelation, and communicated to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who are of reputation, lest, by any means, I should run or had run in vain.

⁵ to whom we yielded in submission, not even for an hour, in order that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.

⁸ Wherefore, though I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do that which is becoming, ⁹ yet, on account of my love, I rather exhort you, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ.

³ Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I thought it necessary to write to you, and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.