He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
Acts 15:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When they had come to Yerushalayim, they were received by the assembly and the emissaries and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were heartily welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they told them all that God had accomplished through them. American Standard Version (1901) And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them. Common English Bible When they arrived in Jerusalem, the church, the apostles, and the elders all welcomed them. They gave a full report of what God had accomplished through their activity. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the Apostles and the elders, reporting what great things God had done with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and ancients, declaring how great things God had done with them. |
He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul.
When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.
Therefore when Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba, and some others of them, to go up to Yerushalayim to the emissaries and elders about this question.
Then it seemed good to the emissaries and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba: Yehudah called Bar-Sabba, and Sila, chief men among the brothers.
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Shomron, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
The emissaries and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the emissaries and elders who were at Yerushalayim.
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the talmidim to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Messiah worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
Therefore accept one another, even as Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
namely, that God was in Messiah reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Bar-Nabba (concerning whom you received mitzvot, *if he comes to you, receive him*),
If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him,