Acts 15:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.

Cross References

Acts 15:2

As a sharp dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas, along with some others of their number, should go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem about this question.

Acts 20:24

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 10:20

Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them."

Philippians 2:14

In all that you do, avoid grumbling and disputing,

Acts 15:39

So in irritation they parted company, Barnabas taking Mark with him and sailing for Cyprus,

Acts 13:2

As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

Acts 4:25

who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?

Acts 3:18

though this was how God fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the lips of all the prophets, namely the sufferings of his Christ.

Acts 1:24

and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen

Acts 1:16

"My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

John 15:16

You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit — fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

John 3:27

John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.

Acts 10:19

So the Spirit said to Peter, who was pondering over the vision, "There are three men looking for you!

Acts 15:14

Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name.

Acts 21:16

accompanied by some of the disciples from Caesarea, who conducted us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, with whom we were to lodge. He was a disciple of old standing.