Focused Passage

Acts 15:6-11

The Gospel of Grace Clarified and the Gentiles Received

A salvation controversy arises in Antioch, the apostles and elders discern God's work among Gentiles, Peter, Barnabas, Paul, and James testify, the church sends a letter preserving grace and fellowship, and the mission continues despite a painful ministry separation.

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6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

7After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

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Verse 6

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[So]τεG5037ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralapostlesἀπόστολοιG652Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluraleldersπρεσβύτεροιG4245Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralmetΣυνήχθησάνG4863Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Pluralto look intoἰδεῖνG3708Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active. . .περὶG4012PrepositionthisτούτουG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularmatterλόγουG3056Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 7

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionAfterγενομένηςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine SingularmuchΠολλῆςG4183Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingulardiscussionζητήσεωςG2214Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularPeterΠέτροςG4074Noun - Nominative Masculine Singulargot upἀναστὰςG450Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[and] saidεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartoπρὸςG4314PrepositionthemαὐτούςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person PluralvvvἌνδρεςG435Noun - Vocative Masculine PluralBrothersἀδελφοίG80Noun - Vocative Masculine PluralyouὑμεῖςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person PluralknowἐπίστασθεG1987Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralthatὅτιG3754Conjunctioninἀφ’G575Preposition[the] earlyἀρχαίωνG744Adjective - Genitive Feminine PluraldaysἡμερῶνG2250Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularmade a choiceἐξελέξατοG1586Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularamongἐνG1722PrepositionyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural[that] theτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralGentilesἔθνηG1484Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralwould hearἀκοῦσαιG191Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivefromδιὰG1223PrepositionmyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularlipsστόματόςG4750Noun - Genitive Neuter SingulartheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularmessageλόγονG3056Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingulargospelεὐαγγελίουG2098Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionbelieveπιστεῦσαιG4100Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Verse 8

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AndκαὶG2532ConjunctionGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwhoG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularknows the heartκαρδιογνώστηςG2589Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularshowed His approvalἐμαρτύρησενG3140Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularby givingδοὺςG1325Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularHolyἍγιονG40Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεῦμαG4151Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularto themαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Neuter 3rd Person PluraljustκαὶG2532ConjunctionasκαθὼςG2531Adverb[He did] to usἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Verse 9

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐθὲνG3762Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularHe made no distinctionδιέκρινενG1252Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularbetweenμεταξὺG3342Preposition-τεG5037ConjunctionusἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionthemαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural[for] He cleansedκαθαρίσαςG2511Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingulartheirαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural-τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralheartsκαρδίαςG2588Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralbyτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularfaithπίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 10

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NowΝῦνG3568AdverbthenοὖνG3767ConjunctionwhyτίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singulardo you testπειράζετεG3985Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularGodΘεόνG2316Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularby placingἐπιθεῖναιG2007Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveonἐπὶG1909PrepositiontheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularnecksτράχηλονG5137Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof theτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluraldisciplesμαθητῶνG3101Noun - Genitive Masculine Plurala yokeζυγὸνG2218Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularthatὃνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine SingularneitherοὔτεG3777ConjunctionweἡμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person PluralnorοὔτεG3777ConjunctionourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralfathersπατέρεςG3962Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralhave been ableἰσχύσαμενG2480Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Pluralto bearβαστάσαιG941Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Verse 11

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On the contraryἀλλὰG235Conjunctionwe believeπιστεύομενG4100Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural[it is] throughδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulargraceχάριτοςG5485Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularofτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singular[the] LordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[that] we are savedσωθῆναιG4982Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passivevvvκαθ’G2596PrepositionvvvὃνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singularjust asτρόπονG5158Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularthey [are]κἀκεῖνοιG2548Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural

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