Acts 15:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges That is to say

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  • John 16:13 : 13 Howebeit, when he is come, whiche is the spirite of trueth, he wyl leade you into all trueth. He shall not speake of himselfe: but whatsoeuer he shal heare, that shall he speake, and he wyll shewe you thynges to come.
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are recordes of these thynges which we say, & so is also the holy ghost, whom God hath geuen to them that obey hym.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God.
  • Rev 2:24 : 24 Vnto you I say, and vnto other of the of Thyatira, as many as haue not this learnyng, & which haue not knowe the deepenesse of Satan, as they say, I wyll put vpon you none other burthen:
  • Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete, either spiritual, let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you, are ye commaundementes of the Lorde.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath geuen to you his holy spirite.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Unto which prophetes it was also declared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs, they shoulde minister ye thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them, which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen, haue in the Gospell preached vnto you, the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde.
  • Acts 15:8 : 8 And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs:
  • Acts 15:19 : 19 Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God:
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It seemed therfore to vs a good thing, when we were come together with one accorde, to sende chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull.

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  • Acts 15:22-27
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    22Then pleased it the Apostles & elders, with the whole Church, to sende chosen me of their owne companie to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas: That is Iudas, whose sirname was Barsabas, and Silas, which were chiefe men among the brethren,

    23And wrote letters by them, after this maner.

    24The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent:

    25It seemed therfore to vs a good thing, when we were come together with one accorde, to sende chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,

    26Men that haue ieoparded their lyues, for ye name of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

    27We haue sent therefore Iudas and Silas, which shall also tell you ye same thynges by mouth.

  • Acts 15:29-30
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    29That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication: From which yf ye kepe your selues, ye shall do well. So fare ye well.

    30Nowe therfore, when they were departed, they came to Antioche, and gathered the multitude together, and delyuered the epistle.

  • Acts 21:23-25
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    23Do therfore this that we saye to thee. We haue foure men, which haue a vow on them:

    24Them take, & purifie thy selfe with them, and do coste on them, that they may shaue their heades: And all shall knowe, that those thynges whiche they haue hearde concernyng thee, are nothyng, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.

    25As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue, we haue written and concluded, that they obserue no suche thyng, saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles, & from blood, and from strangled, & from fornication.

  • Acts 15:19-20
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    19Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God:

    20But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood.

  • Acts 15:8-11
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    8And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs:

    9And put no difference betwene vs and them, purifiyng their heartes by fayth.

    10Nowe therfore, why tempt ye God, to put on the disciples neckes, the yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare?

    11But we beleue, that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe, we shalbe saued, euen as they.

  • Acts 15:4-6
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    4And when they were come to Hierusalem, they were receaued of ye Church, and of the Apostles and elders: And they declared all thynges that God had done with them.

    5Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees, which dyd beleue, saying that it was needefull to circumcise the, and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses.

    6And the Apostles and elders came together, for to consider of this matter.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Wherfore, sence we coulde no longer forbeare, we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone.

  • Acts 16:4
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    4And as they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordayned of ye Apostles and elders, which were at Hierusalem.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus.

  • Acts 16:21
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    21And preache ordinaunces, which are not lawfull for vs to receaue, neither to obserue, seeyng we are Romanes.

  • Acts 15:1-2
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    1And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued.

    2So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And they said vnto him: We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee, neither any of the brethren that came, shewed or spake any harme of thee.

    22But we wyll heare of thee, what thou thynkest: For as concernyng this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoke agaynst.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
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    19(And not that only, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe with vs in our iourney, concernyng this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and to stirre vp your redie mynde)

    20For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:

  • Acts 14:15
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    15And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin.

  • Acts 15:33-34
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    33And after they had taryed there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren, vnto the Apostles.

    34Notwithstandyng, it pleased Silas to abyde there styll.

  • Acts 21:15
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    15And after those dayes, we toke vp our burthens, and went vp to Hierusalem.

  • 1 Thess 2:16
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    16And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost.

  • Acts 5:28
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    28Saying: dyd not we strayghtly commaunde you, that ye shoulde not teache in this name? And beholde, ye haue fylled Hierusalem with your doctrine, and intende to bryng this mans blood vpon vs.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God.

  • Acts 28:10
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    10Which also dyd vs great honour, and when we departed, they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12And when we hearde these thynges, both we and other whiche were of the same place, besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

  • Acts 14:18
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    18And with these sayinges, scarce refrayned they the people, that they had not done sacrifice vnto them.

  • Rom 15:27
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    27It hath pleased them veryly, & their detters are they. For yf the gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall thynges, their duetie is to minister vnto the in carnall thynges.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We whiche are stronge, ought to beare ye fraylnes of the weake, & not to stande in our owne conceiptes.

  • Acts 11:30
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    30Which thyng they also dyd, and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    8Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you.

    9Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    4And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye saintes.

    5And this they dyd not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the wyll of God.