Acts 15:9 Cross References
Acts 15:9
9: He made no distinction between us and them, for he also cleansed their hearts through faith.
Acts 10:28
- Peter told them, "You know it is against the Jewish laws for me to come into a Gentile home like this. But God has shown me that I should never think of anyone as impure.
Ephesians 3:6
- And this is the secret plan: The Gentiles have an equal share with the Jews in all the riches inherited by God's children. Both groups have believed the Good News, and both are part of the same body and enjoy together the promise of blessings through Christ Jesus.
Galatians 5:6
- For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, it makes no difference to God whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Acts 11:12
- The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry about their being Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon arrived at the home of the man who had sent for us.
Acts 10:34
- Then Peter replied, "I see very clearly that God doesn't show partiality.
1 Peter 1:22
- Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts.
Romans 3:22
- We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.
Colossians 3:11
- In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.
1 Corinthians 1:2
- We are writing to the church of God in Corinth, you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did all Christians everywhere--whoever calls upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and theirs.
Romans 3:29
- After all, God is not the God of the Jews only, is he? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.
- There is only one God, and there is only one way of being accepted by him. He makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.
Romans 4:11
- The circumcision ceremony was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous--even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are made right with God by faith.
- And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Hebrews 9:13
- Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people's bodies from ritual defilement.
- Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our hearts from deeds that lead to death so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Acts 14:1
- In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together to the synagogue and preached with such power that a great number of both Jews and Gentiles believed.
Romans 9:24
- even upon us, whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.
Acts 14:27
- Upon arriving in Antioch, they called the church together and reported about their trip, telling all that God had done and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, too.
Acts 10:43
- He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name."
- Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who had heard the message.
Ephesians 2:14
- For Christ himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us.
- By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups.
- Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
- He has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and to us Jews who were near.
- Now all of us, both Jews and Gentiles, may come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
1 Corinthians 7:18
- For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it. And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now.
Galatians 3:28
- There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:9
- Well then, are we Jews better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.
Romans 10:11
- As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who believes in him will not be disappointed. "
- Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They all have the same Lord, who generously gives his riches to all who ask for them.
- For "Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Acts 10:15
- The voice spoke again, "If God says something is acceptable, don't say it isn't."