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Acts 15:1 KJV
Acts · chapter 15 · verse 1
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.Acts 15:1 · King James Version
Acts 15:1 in context
1And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
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Key words (Strong's)
- circumcisedperitemnōto cut around, to circumcise, cut off one's prepuce , to get one's self circumcised…G4059 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- JudaeaioudaiaJudaea = " he shall be praised" , in a narrower sense, to the southern portion of…G2449 →
- taughtdidaskōto teach, to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic…G1321 →
- Exceptean mēif not, unless, whoever... notG3362 →
- mannerethoscustom, usage prescribed by law, institute, prescription, riteG1485 →
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Even when things go on very smoothly and pleasantly in a state or in a church, it is folly to be secure, and to think the mountain stands strong and cannot be moved; some uneasiness or other will arise, which is not foreseen, cannot be prevented, but must be prepared for.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5