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15:24 {10} Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which {k} went out from us have troubled you with words, {l} subverting your souls, saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no [such] commandment:
(10) The council of Jerusalem concludes that the ones who trouble men's consciences are they who teach us to seek salvation in any other means than in Christ alone, apprehended by faith, no matter where they come from, and whoever they pretend to be the author of their calling.
(k) From our congregation.
(l) A borrowed type of speech taken of those who pull down that which was built up: and it is a very common metaphor in the scriptures, to say the Church is built, for the Church is planted and established.
15:24 Forasmuch as, and c. - The simplicity, weightiness, and conciseness of this letter are highly observable.
15:22-35 Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to them, to lay upon the converts no other burden than the things before mentioned, which were necessary, either on their own account, or from present circumstances. It was a comfort to hear that carnal ordinances were no longer imposed on them, which perplexed the conscience, but could not purify or pacify it; and that those who troubled their minds were silenced, so that the peace of the church was restored, and that which threatened division was removed. All this was consolation for which they blessed God. Many others were at Antioch. Where many labour in the word and doctrine, yet there may be opportunity for us: the zeal and usefulness of others should stir us up, not lay us asleep.
Although Circumcised Commandment Disturbed Forasmuch Heard Law Minds Persons Received Souls Subverting Teaching Troubled Unsettled Unsettling Words
Although Circumcised Commandment Disturbed Forasmuch Heard Law Minds Persons Received Souls Subverting Teaching Troubled Unsettled Unsettling Words
