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The Council at Jerusalem

Acts 15:9

In 9 translations

BSB
He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
KJV
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
WEB
He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
ASV
and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
LSV
and also put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith;
YLT
and did put no difference also between us and them, by the faith having purified their hearts;
DBY
and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
DRC
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
GNV
And he put no difference betweene vs and them, after that by faith he had purified their heartes.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of οὐθὲν: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: οὐδὲν.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: οὐθὲν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐθὲν; Robinson–Pierpont read οὐδὲν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ οὐθὲν διέκρινεν μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν, τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν.
RP2018
καὶ οὐδὲν διέκρινεν μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν, τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν.
TR-Boyd
καὶ οὐδὲν διέκρινε μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν, τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν.
SCR1894
και ουδεν διεκρινεν μεταξυ ημων τε και αυτων τη πιστει καθαρισας τας καρδιας αυτων

Who and where

◆ Jerusalem Council◆ Second Missionary Journey

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
  • Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
  • Romans 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  • Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
  • Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
  • Acts 11:12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
  • Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  • Acts 10:43–44All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.” While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
  • 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  • Acts 10:15The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
  • Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
  • Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Romans 3:29–30Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
  • Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
  • Acts 14:1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

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