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Acts 10:35 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 35
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.Acts 10:35 · King James Version
Acts 10:35 in context
33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- accepteddektosaccepted, acceptableG1184 →
- fearethphobeōto put to flight by terrifying , to put to flight, to flee, to fear, be afraid, to be…G5399 →
- workethergazomaito work, labour, do work, to trade, to make gains by trading, "do business", to do, work…G2038 →
- nationethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
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We have here Peter's sermon preached to Cornelius and his friends: that is, an abstract or summary of it; for we have reason to think that he did with many other words testify and exhort to this purport.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 34-43