Paul Accepted by the Apostles
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Then after fourteen years a I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.
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And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but b privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means c I might run, or had run, in vain.
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Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
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And this occurred because of d false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our e liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, f that they might bring us into bondage),
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to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that g the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
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But from those h who seemed to be something - whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; i God shows personal favoritism to no man - for those who seemed to be something j added nothing to me.
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But on the contrary, k when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised l had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter
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(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the m circumcised n also o worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),
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and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be p pillars, perceived q the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, r that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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They desired only that we should remember the poor, s the very thing which I also was eager to do.
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Cross References
Acts 15:2
Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.
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Acts 15:1 - 4
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Romans 9:16
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him ...
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those who run in a race al...
Galatians 5:7
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the...
Philippians 2:16
Holding fast the word of life, so that I may re...
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could no longer endure ...
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished t...
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by s...
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Acts 15:1
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, " You must be circumcised and keep the law" - to whom we gave no such commandment -
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren.
Galatians 1:7
Which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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Galatians 3:25
But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
James 1:25
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Cross References
Galatians 4:3
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
Galatians 4:9
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
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Galatians 1:6
I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel.
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Cross References
Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Acts 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
Romans 2:11
For there is no partiality with God.
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2 Corinthians 11:5
For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 22:21
"Then He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.'"
Romans 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry.
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1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
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1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
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Galatians 3:5
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -
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Matthew 16:18
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
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Romans 1:5
Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name.
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Acts 13:3
Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
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Acts 11:30
This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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